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Prescriptions to manage diabetes in primary care in the UK cost the NHS an average of £2.2 million ($3.7 m) every day in 2013-14, according to a report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
Prescriptions to manage diabetes in primary care in the UK cost the NHS an average of £2.2 million ($3.7 m) every day in 2013-14, according to a report from the Health and Social Care Information Centre (HSCIC).
The report, Prescribing for Diabetes, also shows the Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) for managing diabetes was £803.1 million ($1,347 m) in 2013–14. This is a 5.1 per cent increase from £764.1 million in 2012–13 (£2.1 million per day on average) and a 56.3 per cent increase on £2005-06 (£1.4 million per day on average).
Almost 10 per cent (9.5 per cent) of the NHS’s total primary care drugs bill was spent on managing diabetes, revealing a continuous annual rise from 6.6 per cent in 2005–06.
THe HSCIC report shows that in primary care in 2013-14: