Table 2.
Number of dispensed prescription items by the prescribing institution for a cohort of patients with cancer diagnosed during April to July 2015, with a prescription dispensed in the same time period
| Prescribing setting from NHS Digital’s GP practice list9 |
Dispensed prescription items |
Per cent of all dispensed prescription items (%) |
Per cent of prescription items dispensed by a listed practice9
(%) |
| GP practice | 1 820 523 | 98.82 | 99.49 |
| Out of hours practice | 3806 | 0.21 | 0.21 |
| Community health service | 2810 | 0.15 | 0.15 |
| Other | 1106 | 0.06 | 0.06 |
| Hospital service | 456 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Walk in centre practice | 389 | 0.02 | 0.02 |
| Urgent and emergency care | 215 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Hospice | 168 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Public health service | 119 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Walk in centre+out of hours practice | 98 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Care home/nursing home | 95 | 0.01 | 0.01 |
| Optometry service | 8 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Prison | 6 | 0.00 | 0.00 |
| Organisation not listed as a GP practice by NHS Digital,9 assumed secondary care |
12 396 | 0.67 | – |
| Total | 1 842 195 | – | – |
GP, general practitioner; NHS, National Health Service.