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Diamorphine

Volume 460: debated on Monday 21 May 2007

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many diamorphine prescriptions were dispensed in the community in each year since 1997. (135810)

Information on the number of prescription items for diamorphine dispensed in the community in England is in the following table.

Diamorphine—number of prescription items (thousand)

1997

116.5

1998

114.6

1999

105.9

2000

99.3

2001

95.9

2002

96.0

2003

98.6

2004

102.9

2005

60.8

2006

65.6

Source: Prescription Cost Analysis system