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BA steward gets 16 years for cocaine smuggling
BA steward gets 16 years for cocaine smuggling
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Advanced peacekeepers fly to Liberia
Advanced peacekeepers fly to Liberia
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Meningitis 'extremely difficult' to diagnose
Meningitis 'extremely difficult' to diagnose
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HIV patients 'more likely to develop cancer'
HIV patients 'more likely to develop cancer'
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Foreign Office received CIA advice on 'yellow cake' claim
Foreign Office received CIA advice on 'yellow cake' claim
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Trinity Mirror to cut 550 jobs
Trinity Mirror to cut 550 jobs
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Staff action costs BA up to £40m
Staff action costs BA up to £40m
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Thousands of care home places lost every year
Thousands of care home places lost every year
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ICI to cut 1,400 more jobs
ICI to cut 1,400 more jobs
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Wrongly accused child abusers "can't sue"
Wrongly accused child abusers "can't sue"
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Department of health publishes 2002 prescription statistics
DEPARTMENT OF HEALTH PRESCRIPTIONS 31 July 2003 2002 PRESCRIPTION STATISTICS PUBLISHED National Statistics on NHS prescriptions in 2002 were published today in a Department of Health Statistical Bulletin. The bulletin Prescriptions dispensed in the community, Statistics for 1992 to 2002:England covers all prescriptions dispensed in the community and provides information by leading therapeutic categories, details of the number and cost of free prescription items (e.g. for children and young people and elderly people) and information on generic prescribing. The bulletin also shows trends in dispensing since 1992. The key findings for 2002 are: The net ingredient cost of all prescriptions dispensed was #6,847 million, an increase of 11.9 per cent or 8.5 per cent in real terms on 2001 617 million prescription items were dispensed, an increase of 5.1 per cent on 2001 The average Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) per prescription item was #11.10, an increase of 6.5 per cent or 3.2 per cent in real terms on 2001 There were on average 12.5 prescription items per head of population compared to 11.9 in 2001; this varies significantly with age 85.7 per cent of all prescription items dispensed were free to patients, a slight increase on 2001 (85.4 per cent) 76 per cent of all prescription items were written generically, and increase from 74.1 per cent in 2001 NOTES FOR EDITORS 1. Net Ingredient Cost (NIC) is the headline price of a drug before discounts and excludes dispensing costs and fees. 2. Department of Health Statistical Bulletin: Prescriptions dispensed in the community; England 1992-2002, is available from the Department of Health, PO Box 777, London, SE1 6XH, free of charge. It is also available on the internet at: www.doh.gov.uk/prescriptionstatistics/index.htm 3. The Prescription Cost Analysis 2002 booklet giving details of the number of items dispensed and their net ingredient cost by individual preparation was published in May 2003. It is available priced #12 at the address given in note 1 or on the internet free of charge at www.doh.gov.uk/prescriptionstatistics/index.htm
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Green drug chief caught cultivating cannabis
Green drug chief caught cultivating cannabis
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Asylum seekers win test case
Asylum seekers win test case
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Sharon to retain security fence
Sharon to retain security fence
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Fragile cease-fire reached in Liberia
Fragile cease-fire reached in Liberia
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NHS ID cards under review
NHS ID cards under review
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Euan Blair in car crash
Euan Blair in car crash
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Abbey National makes £144m loss
Abbey National makes £144m loss
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BA talks continue
BA talks continue
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Pollution fines 'too small to deter big business'
Pollution fines 'too small to deter big business'
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Thirty-six arrested in crack raids
Thirty-six arrested in crack raids
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Mothers lose MMR appeal
Mothers lose MMR appeal
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120,000 new homes to be built in Thames Gateway
120,000 new homes to be built in Thames Gateway
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Tony Blair defends foundation hospitals, war and his record in government
Tony Blair defends foundation hospitals, war and his record in government