Jump in antidepressant prescriptions in England A total of 70.9 million prescriptions for antidepressants were dispensed in England in 2018.
NHS Digital figures show that the number of drugs issued - for conditions like depression and anxiety - went up from 67.5 million in 2017.
The total is almost double the number dispensed in 2008.
The figure includes all items issued by the NHS in England, except those given out in hospitals or on private prescriptions. BBC News
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NHS Digital figures show that the number of drugs issued - for conditions like depression and anxiety - went up from 67.5 million in 2017.
The total is almost double the number dispensed in 2008.
The figure includes all items issued by the NHS in England, except those given out in hospitals or on private prescriptions. BBC News
See also:
- Prescription Cost Analysis - England, 2018 NHS Digital
- Rising prescription numbers not 'automatically a bad thing', says RCGP Royal College of General Practitioners
- A nation of pill poppers: NHS dishes out more prescriptions than EVER before The Daily Mail
- Doubling in number of antidepressants doled out in a decade, NHS figures show The Daily Telegraph
- Antidepressant prescriptions in England double in a decade The Guardian
- Antidepressant prescriptions nearly double in a decade The Independent
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