Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

‘1 The number of Mounjaro prescriptions issued each month (please provide month by month) over the past 12 months in the districts of Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale respectively.

If available, please break down if the prescriptions were for diabetes treatment or weight loss

2 Has there been any recorded shortage of Mounjaro in any of the following areas: Leeds, Bradford, Calderdale or Wakefield?

3 Has there been any changes in NHS prescribing policies regarding Mounjaro for non-diabetic patients in the past 12 months?

4 Please provide the number of Mounjaro prescriptions issues each month over the past 12 months across England

5 If available, could you provide the data on the prescription rate per 100,000 people at the national level and for West Yorkshire (or Leeds, Bradford, Wakefield and Calderdale individually)?

If my request is too broad or will exceed time limits I can refine my questions.’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 7 February 2025.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act (FOIA) 2000.

Our response

Question 1 & 4

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

We do not hold data by ‘district name’. The current NHS structure allows us to publish the data by Integrated Care Board (ICB). This data is available by the link below, where you can filter by chemical substance ('tirzepatide') or on the BNF Presentation Name ('Mounjaro'):

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/prescription-cost-analysis-pca-monthly-data

Alternatively, if you would like the data Primary Care Organisation (PCO) level, this can be found at the below link:

https://opendata.nhsbsa.net/dataset/english-prescribing-data-epd

We also do not hold the reason for which a prescription was administered.

Questions 2 & 3

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

It is possible that NHS England may hold some or all of the information you require. They can be contacted at:

NHS England

PO Box 16738

Redditch

B97 9PT

Telephone 0300 311 22 33

Email: england.contactus@nhs.net

Web http://www.england.nhs.uk/contact-us/foi/

Question 5

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Our data is not held in a format in which we are able to answer this question.