The following table gives the total expenditure on drugs since 1997, and is broken down by primary care and the hospital and community health service (HCHS), which includes acute trusts. We do not collect drugs expenditure for other sectors.
Total outturn Of which: primary Of which: HCHS 1997-98 5,173 4,085 1,088 1998-99 5,550 4,339 1,211 1999-2000 6,202 4,833 1,369 2000-01 6,688 5,158 1,530 2001-02 7,447 5,707 1,740 2002-03 8,355 6,342 2,013 2003-04 9,271 6,960 2,311 2004-05 9,965 7,370 2,595 Notes: 1. Figures are net which include pharmaceutical price regulation scheme (PPRS) receipt savings. 2. The total drugs spend includes drugs expenditure in primary care and the HCHS. The primary care expenditure reflects amounts paid to pharmacy and appliance contractors and amounts authorised for dispersing doctors and personal administration in England. HCHS expenditure includes drugs and medical gases. 3. From 2000-01 figures are in resource terms, prior to this figures are in cash terms. Cash figures relate to February to January prescribing due to delay in prescription processing and payment calculations. Resource figures represent the actual cost between April to March. Source: Prescription pricing division of the NHS Business Services Authority, England and Department of Health's Finance Division.