Isotretinoin usage data

Thank you for your request dated 17 March 2024 under the Official Information Act 1982 (the Act) for information relating to isotretinoin. You requested:

1 all scripts by year from 2008 through to 2022 for isotretinoin.

2 I would like to be able to search that data by prescriber type, patient ethnicity and patient deprivation.

You will find the information you requested in the excel spreadsheet attached.

Where 6 or fewer people are counted, we have changed the number to "<6" as we believe this is necessary to protect the privacy of these people (section 9(2)(a) of the OIA).

In making our decision, we have considered the public interest considerations in section 9(1) of the Act. No public interest has been identified that would be sufficient to override the reasons for withholding that information.