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Prescription costs up 8% to over £10 billion in England, NHSBSA reveals

 
• By James Stent

More than one billion prescription items worth £10.4bn were dispensed in the community in England in 2022/23, according to new NHS statistics.

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The national average was 21 items per person in 2022/23
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James Stent joined C+D as a digital reporter in May 2023 from the South African human rights news agency GroundUp, where he was senior reporter and consultant editor.

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