A look at prescription drugs in the last 6 years showed some surprising trends.
For the whole year 2021/22, 191,000 identified patients received at least one prescription item for CNS stimulants and drugs used for ADHD – 18.0% up on the 162,000 identified patients in the previous financial year and 80.1% compared with the 106,000 identified patients in 2015/16. However, NHSBA noted that increases in identified patient numbers were likely to be over-estimated, as the proportion of patients who could be identified also increased – from 80.0% in 2015/16 to 87.6% in 2021/22.
Tony Lloyd, chief executive of the ADHD Foundation, said : "ADHD has been significantly underdiagnosed in the UK at less than 2% of the population, when World Health Organisation states prevalence is at least 5.9%. He pointed out that more than half of all new diagnoses in adults were in women, in contrast to three boys to every girl diagnosed by children's health services.Other full year statistics for 2021/22 capable of compilation as a result of the last quarter's figures included those for antidepressants, with 83.4 million items prescribed, up 5.07% from 79.4 million in 2021/22 and 34.8% increased compared with 61.9 million items in 2015/16.
Of the total recipients of antidepressants, 5.47 million were female and 2.85 million male. These proportions have stayed broadly the same since 2015/16, commented NHSBA. The most common age distributions among female patients were: ages 50-54 , 55-59 , and 45-49 .In addition: "There is a keen interest in the prescribing of antidepressant drugs in children," said NHSBA. Although children accounted for just 0.
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