Details links [Wales]

It's the value of the 'treatment' that counts - not only the cost the medicines

Patient logistics, desires and needs may also influence choice
In general, evidence still suggests patients are overtreated with meds, though in some areas of therapeutics, undertreatment is common
Avoiding unnecessary treatment helps everyone.
If the treatment is to provide the benefits we expect, it also has to be possible, and, easy, for the patient to consume it
Taking the time to get to that point is a challenge - but pharmacy staff, specialist nurses, and PhAs in primary care, offer a resource that is likely cost effective for this role

References here [In progress]

All the same, everything else being equal, choosing cost effective medicines keeps the money in the NHS.

Now a race against new variants - but still making good progress

via GIPHY

Updates - see

Figures and graphs for one Health Board see this site - Powys
Updated subsection line graphs to December 2020 data (latest available)
new image in production............
Preparation for highlighting fast growth areas - first, and second, prototypes (see nav bar above)

Plans for next steps, see this page

Why might you want this, when you have Caspa, SPIRA, and other rich data visualisations?

Here's some possibilities:

There's no javascript so it's fast
You don't need to be inside the NHS network to see it
Because it uses few resources, its easy to have multiple windows open, to compare (- it's still fast)

Meanwhile send suggestions/requests to information@powysrx.co.uk

Links to some analysis

First looks All subsections - aesthetics still need working on These are all up to date to December 2020 data (most recent) - some other pages are up to August or September 2020

[RESOLVED] Display of legends for subsections with lots of chemicals is still not ideal, and remains on the todo list for a quiet rainy day.

Wales Only Data

Prescribed Medicines in Wales - some observations