Sleeping pills

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Dear Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust,
How many prescriptions for sleeping pills did you give out in 2021, 2020, 2019,2018 and 2017?
Could you please break this down by the name of the drug

How much did this cost in total each year?

If possible, could you please break down the age of patients that received the prescriptions, either exact ages or in age groups (eg xx number of prescriptions given to 16-24 year olds)

Yours faithfully,

Gurpreet

FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Gurpreet,

 

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Freedom of Information Lead
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FREEDOMOFINFORMATION (SUSSEX COMMUNITY NHS FOUNDATION TRUST), Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Dear Gurpreet,

 

Please find the below in response to your Freedom of Information request
dated 01^st March 2022.

Please note, Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust (SCFT) does not hold
the information requested broken down by specific age groups in a
centrally recordable format. We have provided the information broken down
into the following two categories: 18 years and above, and below 18
years. 

Please also note, SCFT only holds partial information for 2017, 2018, and
2019. This is because we worked in partnership with other healthcare
providers during this period. We have provided the data that we hold.

 

 

Number of prescriptions
Adults 18 years plus
2021 2020 2019* 2018* 2017*
LORAZEPAM Tablets <5** <5** <5** <5** <5**
MELATONIN prolonged release 54 43 <5** <5** <5**
tablets
NITRAZEPAM Tablets 6 13 <5** <5** <5**
TEMAZEPAM Tablets 21 23 6 6 13
ZOLPIDEM Tablets 8 10 <5** 7 <5**
ZOPICLONE Tablets 195 175 81 71 58
MELATONIN capsules or tablets <5** <5** <5** <5** <5**
Total prescriptions 284 265 94 92 84
*partial data
**small number suppression
Children and young people below 18 years
2021 2020 2019* 2018* 2017*
MELATONIN prolonged release 148 85 128 97 84
tablets
MELATONIN oral solution sugar 20 20 5 <5** <5**
free
MELATONIN oral solution <5** <5** 11 16 24
MELATONIN capsules or tablets 12 7 12 15 19
Chloral hydrate oral <5** <5** <5** <5** <5**
solution/mixture BP2000
Cloral betaine tablets <5** <5** <5** <5** <5**
Nitrazepam tablets <5** <5** <5** <5** <5**
Total number of prescriptions 182 122 156 131 131
*partial data
**small number suppression
 
Total:
Total number of 466 387 250 223 215
prescriptions:
Total cost £5,648 £4,833 £4,810 £5,198 £6,470
Partial data for 2019, 2018 and 2017
Number of prescriptions not quantity dispensed
Some Wards have stock items these are not included as no data available
for number of prescriptions
Cost includes VAT for inpatients, but not for FP10 prescriptions

 

For information only: The cost to the NHS equated to responding to this
request is £50.00

 

Yours sincerely,

Freedom of Information Lead
Sussex Community NHS Foundation Trust

Brighton General Hospital | Elm Grove | Brighton | BN2 3EW

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