90-day prescribing90-day prescribing
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Request 839891736
Please can you tell us:
1
What date 90-day prescribing became written into law? "Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit)" law
2
How many kilogrammes of pharmaceutical waste were received from pharmacies each year for the six years before the date in question one.
3
How many kilogrammes of pharmaceutical waste were received from pharmacies each year for the each year since the date in question one.
Response
1
The requested information regarding the date that the 90-day prescribing became written into law is exempt under Article 23 of the Freedom of Information (Jersey) Law 2011 as the information is accessible on www.jerseylaw.je using the following link, Article 6.1.
Health Insurance (Pharmaceutical Benefit) (General Provisions) (No. 2) (Amendment No 15) (Jersey) Order 2002
2
The following table details the pharmaceutical waste received before the 90-day prescribing law came into force.
Amount of pharmaceutical received 2017 to 2022
|
Year
| Weight (kg)
|
2017
| 7113
|
2018
| 6438
|
2019
| 6483
|
2020
| 8842
|
2021
| 9011
|
3
The following table details the pharmaceutical waste received since the 90-day prescribing law came into force.
| Amount of pharmaceutical received 2023 to 2025 |
Year
| Weight (kg)
|
2023
| 7841
|
2024
| 7434
|
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