Department of Health and Social Care written question – answered am ar 13 Chwefror 2025.
Bradley Thomas
Ceidwadwyr, Bromsgrove
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what assessment he has made of trends in the level of demand for Ozempic on the NHS.
Karin Smyth
Minister of State (Department of Health and Social Care)
The following table, while not reflecting demand, does provide the total number of Ozempic injections that were dispensed under the National Health Service in England, prescribed each year from January 2019 to November 2024:
Year | Number of injections dispensed |
2019 | 111,388 |
2020 | 420,998 |
2021 | 747,205 |
2022 | 1,155,174 |
2023 | 1,174,806 |
2024 | 794,729 |
Total | 4,404,302 |
The Prescription Cost Analysis data release gives items and quantities of each medicine dispensed in the community in England.
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