Prescription costs and drugs prescribed (FOI)Prescription costs and drugs prescribed (FOI)
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15 October 2018.Request
A
Could you tell me which department pays for prescriptions in Jersey?
B
How much has this department spent on prescriptions each year for the past 10 years?
C
Could you let me know how many prescriptions have been issued each year?
D
Could you also share top three drugs that cost the most for each year and what illness they treat?
Response
A
Prescriptions issued by community prescribers (general practitioners, dentists and approved non-medical nurse prescribers) are funded by the Health Insurance Fund, administered by the Social Security Department (soon to be Customer and Local Services Department).
B
Cost of prescriptions
| 2008 | £11,024,000 | £4,355,000 |
| 2009 | £11,682,000 | £4,803,000 |
| 2010 | £11,566,000 | £5,137,000 |
| 2011 | £11,640,000 | £5,362,000 |
| 2012 | £11,742,000 | £5,656,000 |
| 2013 | £11,901,000 | £6,220,000 |
| 2014 | £12,449,000 | £6,413,000 |
| 2015 | £13,478,000 | £6,688,000 |
| 2016 | £13,375,000 | £6,815,000 |
| 2017 | £12,954,000 | £6,874,000 |
C
Number of prescriptions
2008 - 1,489,319
2009 - 1,590,227
2010 - 1,651,355
2011 - 1,707,644
2012 - 1,784,798
2013 - 1,846,713
2014 - 1,871,770
2015 - 1,936,690
2016 - 1,983,296
2017 - 1,959,815
D
Data regarding the top three medicines ranked by cost is held going back to 2012. The department does not hold the information for earlier years.
2018 is shown as a partial year.
2018 (7 Months) | Apixaban | 7,794 | 418,017.10 | Oral anticoagulant that thins the blood and prevents strokes in, for example, people who have had heart valves replaced or who have an irregular heart rhythm called atrial fibrillation (AF) |
2018 (7 Months) | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 8,883 | 372,328.28 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
2018 (7 Months) | Budesonide | 6,939 | 207,408.59 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2017 | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 16,655 | 713,550.26 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2017 | Pregabalin | 16,511 | 609,627.30 | Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain |
| 2017 | Budesonide | 12,255 | 456,091.11 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2016 | Pregabalin | 14,766 | 892,508.10 | Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain |
| 2016 | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 17,665 | 778,949.25 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2016 | Budesonide | 12,279 | 455,535.81 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2015 | Pregabalin | 13,360 | 832,363.10 | Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain |
| 2015 | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 17,748 | 796,215.92 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2015 | Budesonide | 12,432 | 468,495.14 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 17,865 | 816,600.28 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| | Pregabalin | 11,967 | 757,164.60 | Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain |
| | Budesonide | 11,831 | 438,820.88 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2013 | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 17,279 | 800,669.34 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2013 | Pregabalin | 9,117 | 588,497.55 | Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain |
| 2013 | Budesonide | 11,446 | 431,122.62 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2012 | Fluticasone Propionate (Inh) | 16,234 | 773,848.29 | Inhaled steroid that reduces inflammation in the airways. Used daily as a 'preventer' in asthma and chronic obstructive airways disease (COPD) to reduce breathlessness |
| 2012 | Irbesartan | 50,718 | 670,428.95 | Blood pressure/heart failure |
| 2012 | Atorvastatin | 28,530 | 621,613.99 | Cholesterol lowering |
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