PARLIAMENTARY WRITTEN QUESTION
Sodium Valproate: Prescriptions (29 September 2020)
Question Asked
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many prescriptions for sodium valproate have been issued since 8 July 2020.
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Asked by:
Caroline Nokes (Conservative)
Answer
The following table shows the number of items for the chemical substance of sodium valproate which includes generic and equivalent brands for all presentations, dispensed in the community in England and submitted to the NHS Business Services Authority for reimbursement in the month of July 2020. This is the latest period for which data is currently available. We are unable to provide data for the exact time period, since 8 July.
Month | Items for sodium valproate |
July 2020 | 210,310 |
Answered by:
Jo Churchill (Conservative)
22 October 2020
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