The net ingredient cost (NIC) of prescriptions prescribed and dispensed in the community for anti-depressant drugs as defined in sections 4.3 of the British National Formulary (BNF) is as follows.
Area BNF name NIC (£000) Devon primary care trust (PCT) Antidepressant Drugs 3,687.3 South West strategic health authority (SHA) Antidepressant Drugs 26,859.8 England Antidepressant Drugs 264,503.2 Note: We are unable to supply information for East Devon constituency as this is not a health region. We have supplied information for the health area that best fits East Devon, namely Devon PCT. For the South West region we have supplied the figure for South West SHA. Source: Prescribing Analysis and Cost Tool system