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Hormone Replacement Therapy

Asked by Jim ShannonDemocratic Unionist PartyDepartment of Health and Social CareTabled Answered 29 November 2024UIN 15181

The question

To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, how many women have been newly prescribed hormone replacement therapy in the last 12 months.

Answered by Karin Smyth

The NHS Business Services Authority does not hold data relating to the number of women who have been newly prescribed hormone replacement therapy (HRT) products in the last 12 months. However, the available data does indicate that the estimated number of identified patients who were prescribed at least one HRT drug item in England increased by 12%, from 2.3 million in 2022/23 to 2.6 million in 2023/24. Further information is available at the following link:

https://nhsbsa-opendata.s3.eu-west-2.amazonaws.com/hrt/hrt_June_2024_v001.html

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