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Prescriptions by all prescribers

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Click here to sort2019-20Click here to sort2020-212,524 items prescribed in a GP practice where the practitioner type was unknown, these are not included in any category.Click here to sort2021-22Click here to sort2022-23Click here to sort2023-24
[Collapse]All prescribers82,100,04481,380,78283,129,78884,478,12084,922,673
All prescribers[Collapse]All GP practice staff82,100,04481,095,41582,837,45984,165,12984,597,491
All GP practice staffGP79,958,49178,850,19480,440,88281,477,59481,777,267
Nurse1,276,7301,204,6421,378,7611,513,9161,545,485
Pharmacist857,2221,026,385992,8911,090,5051,198,384
Paramedic3,45510,03021,00978,05770,787
Physiotherapist3,8402,9562,8153,6334,623
Optometrist2341,1661,073883648
Chiropodist / podiatrist2.The data item is not applicable17239222
Unknown70421130275
[Collapse]All independent prescribers.The data item is not applicable285,367292,329312,991325,182
All independent prescribersDental.The data item is not applicable270,298265,449255,697224,218
Pharmacy.The data item is not applicable7,47116,83441,56680,383
Optometry.The data item is not applicable7,5169,99715,55520,331
Paramedic.The data item is not applicable8249173250

Metadata

Title

Items prescribed by all primary care prescribers in Wales

Last update

19 September 2024 19 September 2024

Next update

Autumn 2025

Publishing organisation

Welsh Government

Source 1

Prescribing Services, NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership

Contact email

stats.healthinfo@gov.wales

Designation

National Statistics

Lowest level of geographical disaggregation

Wales

Geographical coverage

Wales

Languages covered

English and Welsh

Data licensing

You may use and re-use this data free of charge in any format or medium, under the terms of the Open Government License - see http://www.nationalarchives.gov.uk/doc/open-government-licence

Statistical quality

See associated Statistical Release for detailed notes, background and definitions.

General description

This table provides data on items prescribed by all primary care prescribers in Wales and dispensed in the community, in the UK

Data collection and calculation

GP Prescription data (NHS Wales Shared Services Partnership).

Frequency of publication

Annual

Data reference periods

2019-20 onwards

Users, uses and context

See associated Statistical Release for detailed notes, background and definitions.

Keywords

Prescriptions