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Prescription costs and drugs prescribed (FOI)

Prescription costs and drugs prescribed (FOI)

Produced by the Freedom of Information office
Authored by States of Jersey and published on 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

​Year​Drug cost​Dispensing fee
​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.

Calendar ​Year​Drug name​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Total net cost (£)​Main therapeutic use

​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

 

Calendar​ Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​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

 

Calendar ​Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​2016​Pregabalin ​14,766 892,508.10 ​​Treatment for epilepsy that is also used to manage chronic nerve pain
​2016​Fluticasone Propionate (Inh)​17,665778,949.25 ​​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

 

Calendar ​Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​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

 

Calendar ​Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​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

 

​Calendar Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​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

 

Calendar ​Year ​Drug name ​Total number of prescriptions dispensed ​Calendar Total net cost​Main therapeutic use
​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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