AQW 18335/22-27

Mr Danny Donnelly
Alliance Party
East Antrim

Tabled Date: 18/11/2024
Answered On Date: 03/12/2024
Priority Written: No

Question:
To ask the Minister of Health to detail the number of patients prescribed cardiovascular medication prescription at primary care in each of the last five years, broken down by gender.

Answer:

The HSC Business Services Organisation (BSO) holds data on the number of prescriptions prescribed in Primary Care and dispensed by a community pharmacist, dispensing doctor or appliance contractor. It does not hold information on the number of patients to whom the prescriptions are dispensed.

Information has been provided for patients dispensed products within British National Formulary (BNF) Chapter 2 - Cardiovascular System between 2019 and 2023.

Year	Female	Male	Unknown	Total Patients
2019	268,309	239,463	108	507,880
2020	266,749	239,004	113	505,866
2021	273,761	244,123	104	517,988
2022	282,114	251,502	89	533,705
2023	291,656	259,625	40	551,321

Source: Business Services Organisation, Information and Analysis Directorate, Department of Health