Please note: in the Excel spreadsheet found at the link entitled “Prescription Cost Analysis as Excel spreadsheet” above, the title originally read:- “Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis: England. January to February 2011 - Data by individual preparation” This was incorrect and should have read: “Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis: England. January to March 2011 - Data by individual preparation.”

A replacement version of the spreadsheet (v2) has now been provided with the corrected title (as at 14 July 2011). Note that the data in the original spreadsheet was for the period January to March 2011 and was therefore correct.

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Key facts

Quarterly Prescription Cost Analysis (PCA) provides details of the number of items and the net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed in the community in England. The drugs dispensed are listed by British National Formulary (BNF) therapeutic class. This is the first quarterly publication and covers Quarter 1 (January to March) 2011.

Summary

• 232.2 million items dispensed
• These items had a combined net ingredient cost of £2,171.3 million

The quarterly data are provided in two formats:

• Downloadable spreadsheet: Excel 2003 or later version.
• Comma Separated Value (CSV) format.

Annual PCA Information for previous years is available as follows:

• From 2004 to present: Prescription Cost Analysis on the NHS IC website
• For 1998 to 2003: Prescription Cost Analysis on the Department of Health website

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