England: number of distance selling pharmacies 2008-2024

The number of pharmacies operating online has grown substantially since 2009/10. In 2023/24 there were 409 distance selling pharmacies.Dispensing numbersIn 2023/24, there were over 1.1 billion prescription items dispensed at community pharmacies in England. The number of prescriptions dispensed has increased over the last 10 years. Over 3,000 pharmacies dispensed an average of over ten thousand items a month in 2023/24, while the average number of items dispensed per month per pharmacy was approximately 7,100 in that year. What is being dispensed?The therapeutic class with the highest total of prescription items dispensed was for the cardiovascular system at some 355 million, followed by drugs for the central nervous system, which had approximately 231 million items dispensed. The leading drug dispensed was atorvastatin, which treats those with high cholesterol to reduce the risk of heart attacks and strokes.

自2009/10年以来，在线运营的药店数量显著增长。至2023/24年，已有409家药店从事远程销售。在2023/24年度，英格兰社区药店共发放超过11亿处方药品。在过去十年中，处方药品的发放数量持续增加。在2023/24年度，超过3000家药店每月平均发放超过一万件药品，而当年每家药店的月均发放药品数量约为7100件。所发放的药品类型为何？在所有处方药品中，心血管系统药物的总发放量最高，约为3.55亿件，紧随其后的是中枢神经系统药物，其发放量约为2.31亿件。最常发放的药品为阿托伐他汀，该药用于治疗高胆固醇患者，以降低心脏病发作和中风的风险。