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Methylphenidate: Norfolk

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Question for Department of Health and Social Care

UIN 21526, tabled on 19 December 2024

Question

Steff Aquarone
Liberal Democrat
North Norfolk
Commons

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, pursuant to the Answer of 29 November 2024 to Question 16285 on Methylphenidate: Shortages, what estimate he has made of the number of prescriptions for methylphenidate (a) successfully and (b) unsuccessfully fulfilled in Norfolk in 2024.

Answer

Karin Smyth
Labour
Bristol South
Commons

Answered on

8 January 2025

The Prescription Cost Analysis, produced by the NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA), provides the total number of prescription items of each medicine dispensed in the community in England.

There were 28,249 National Health Service prescription items for the chemical substance methylphenidate dispensed by contractors in the Norfolk and Waveney Integrated Care Board, regardless of where prescribed, from January 2024 to October 2024. The NHSBSA does not hold data on unsuccessfully fulfilled prescriptions.

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