More spent on anti-depressants than almost anywhere else in the country
Date published: 31 January 2016
More NHS money is spent on anti-depressants than almost anywhere else in the country
The Borough of Rochdale is one of the most depressing places in England with more NHS money spent on anti-depressants than almost anywhere else in the country.
Only in Blackpool and St Helens is more NHS money per head spent on anti-depressants by Clinical Commissioning Groups.
The health service spends £8.53 a year on the drug for every patient in the borough - enough to buy a three-month course of the most popular tablets.
Last year in England more than 58million prescriptions for anti-depressants were written out, double the figure ten years ago, at a cost of £265million to the NHS.
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