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General Pharmaceutical Services in England 2008/09 - 2018/19 [NS] [PAS]

Official statistics, National statistics

Publication Date:
7 Nov 2019
Geographic Coverage:
England
Geographical Granularity:
Country, Primary Care Organisations, Strategic Health Authorities, Primary Care Trusts, NHS Health Boards, Regions, Pharmacies and clinics
Date Range:
01 Apr 2008 to 31 Mar 2019
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Community pharmacies

There were 11,539 community pharmacies in England in 2018/19

This is an increase of 9.8% since 2008/09 and a decrease of 0.7% since 2017/18.

The number of appliance contractors has remained stable at 111 since 2016/2017.

During 2018/19, 38 community pharmacies opened and 103 pharmacies closed.

The number of community pharmacies and appliance contractors in England between 2008/09 and 2018/19
Download the data for this chart The number of community pharmacies and appliance contractors in England between 2008/09 and 2018/19

Prescription items dispensed

On average, the number of items dispensed by each community pharmacy in 2018/19 was 87,212

This is an increase of 18.8% since 2008/09 and no change since 2017/18.

The number of items dispensed by each appliance contractor, on average, has increased by 114.8% since 2008/09.

Average number of items dispensed per contractor between 2008/09 and 2018/19
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Electronic Prescription Service

64.9% of prescription items dispensed by community pharmacies in 2018/19 were via the Electronic Prescription Service

This is an increase of 50.1 percentage points since 2014/15.

Percentage of items dispensed via the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) by community pharmacies
Download the data for this chart Percentage of items dispensed via the Electronic Prescription Service (EPS) by community pharmacies

Flu vaccines

1.4 million vaccines were provided in 2018/19 by 9,105 National Influenza Adult Vaccination Services (NIAVS) in community pharmacies

This equates to 157 vaccines per pharmacy on average, which is an increase of 90.2% since 2015/16, when 7,195 pharmacies provided 595,467 vaccines through a NIAVS.

Average number of vaccines provided per community pharmacy that provides a NIAVS, between 2015/16 and 2018/19
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Last edited: 13 May 2020 9:08 am

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