To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the current unit cost in the NHS of each accepted treatment for erectile dysfunction disorder by (a) prescribable drug and (b) other means. [76133]
The information requested is not available in any comparable form.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total cost per adult male of GP-prescribed drug treatments for erectile dysfunction disorders in (a) England, (b) each English region and (c) each English health authority area in the most recent complete year available. [76132]
The information requested is shown in the table.
| Net ingredient cost per 1,000 adult males of drugs for erectile dysfunction disorders prescribed by General Practitioners England 1998 | |
| £ | |
| Regional Office/Health Authority | Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over |
| Northern and Yorkshire | |
| Bradford | 671 |
| County Durham | 568 |
| East Riding | 702 |
| Gateshead and South Tyneside | 730 |
| Leeds | 464 |
| Newcastle and North Tyneside | 693 |
| North Cumbria | 487 |
| Northumberland | 448 |
| Sunderland | 495 |
| Tees | 409 |
| Wakefield | 367 |
| North Yorkshire | 522 |
| Calderdale and Kirklees | 492 |
| Average for Northern and Yorkshire | 545 |
£
| |
Regional Office/Health Authority
| Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over
|
Trent
| |
| Barnsley | 387 |
| North Derbyshire | 321 |
| South Derbyshire | 385 |
| Doncaster | 881 |
| Leicestershire | 408 |
| Lincolnshire | 451 |
| North Nottinghamshire | 285 |
| Nottingham | 489 |
| Rotherham | 510 |
| Sheffield | 288 |
| South Humber | 518 |
| Average for Trent | 429 |
Anglia and Oxford
| |
| Bedfordshire | 452 |
| Berkshire | 460 |
| Buckinghamshire | 250 |
| Cambridge and Huntingdon | 396 |
| East Norfolk | 701 |
| Northamptonshire | 496 |
| North West Anglia | 539 |
| Oxfordshire | 385 |
| Suffolk | 423 |
| Average for Anglia and Oxford | 452 |
North Thames
| |
| Hillingdon | 573 |
| Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster | 491 |
| Enfield and Haringey | 470 |
| Redbridge and Waltham Forest | 319 |
| Barking and Havering | 451 |
| Barnet | 481 |
| Brent and Harrow | 562 |
| Camden and Islington | 578 |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow | 619 |
| East London and The City | 563 |
| North Essex | 492 |
| South Essex | 429 |
| East and North Hertfordshire | 424 |
| West Hertfordshire | 493 |
| Average for North Thames | 496 |
South Thames
| |
| Bexley and Greenwich | 518 |
| Bromley | 446 |
| Croydon | 415 |
| East Kent | 549 |
| West Kent | 487 |
| Kingston and Richmond | 442 |
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham | 588 |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth | 532 |
| East Surrey | 438 |
| West Surrey | 445 |
| East Sussex, Brighton and Hove | 466 |
| West Sussex | 544 |
| Average for South Thames | 499 |
South and West
| |
| North and Mid Hampshire | 478 |
| Portsmouth and South East Hampshire | 443 |
| Southampton and South West Hampshire | 552 |
| Isle of Wight | 566 |
| Somerset | 500 |
| South and West Devon | 583 |
| Wiltshire | 433 |
Net ingredient cost per 1,000 adult males of drugs for erectile dysfunction disorders prescribed by General Practitioners England 1998
| |
| £ | |
Regional Office/Health Authority
| Net ingredients cost per 1,000 males aged 18 and over
|
| Avon | 511 |
| Cornwall and Isles of Scilly | 517 |
| Dorset | 772 |
| North and East Devon | 500 |
| Gloucestershire | 550 |
| Average for South and West | 536 |
West Midlands
| |
| Birmingham | 584 |
| Coventry | 630 |
| Dudley | 439 |
| Herefordshire | 273 |
| Sandwell | 451 |
| Shropshire | 541 |
| Solihull | 602 |
| North Staffordshire | 531 |
| South Staffordshire | 577 |
| Walsall | 388 |
| Warwickshire | 552 |
| Wolverhampton | 738 |
| Worcestershire | 481 |
| Average for West Midlands | 537 |
North West
| |
| South Lancashire | 556 |
| Liverpool | 588 |
| Manchester | 769 |
| Morecambe Bay | 490 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley | 1,062 |
| Salford and Trafford | 894 |
| Sefton | 530 |
| Stockport | 672 |
| West Pennine | 623 |
| Bury and Rochdale | 641 |
| North Cheshire | 737 |
| South Cheshire | 755 |
| East Lancashire | 458 |
| North West Lancashire | 726 |
| Wigan and Bolton | 671 |
| Wirral | 669 |
| Average for North West | 680 |
| Average for England | 525 |
Notes:
1. The information is from the Prescribing Analyses and Cost system (PACT) which is based on all prescriptions prescribed by General Practitioners which are dispensed.
2. The population figures used are based on the Office for National Statistics mid year resident population projections for 1998, 1996 based.
3. The net ingredient cost is the basic cost of a drug which does not take account of discounts, dispensing costs, fees or prescription charges income.
4. Drugs used for the treatment of erectile dysfunction are defined as those in the British National Formulary paragraph 7.4.5, "Drugs for impotence".