Written question WQ97067
- Asked by
- Jenny RathboneLabour
- To be answered by
- Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
- Tabled
- Due
- Answered
- Time to answer
- 2 days
Question
How many free prescriptions have been issued a) in the last year and b) since the policy’s establishment?
Answer
Answered by Cabinet Secretary for Health and Social Care
Statistics on prescriptions are published on our StatsWales website: Prescribing
The latest published statistics show that in the financial year 2023-24, 84,922,673 items were prescribed by all primary care practitioners in Wales, through the NHS.
All items prescribed through the NHS in Wales have been free since 2007. Between 1 April 2007 and 31 March 2024, a little over 1.3 billion items have been prescribed by all primary care practitioners in Wales, through the NHS.