Data on GP prescribing and a range of other subjects will become available to the public over the next two years under the government's Open Data initiative.
The details were included among a range of plans published by the Cabinet Office to correspond with the chancellor's autumn statement on Tuesday. The Health and Social Care Information Centre, the NHS Choices website and data.gov.uk are to publish the data.
Prescribing data, covering the quantity of each type of prescription, is due to be published on NHS Choices by September next year. The Department of Health said it will help patients to make informed choices about their care, although it is also thought that it will support research in analytics, electronic data management and other digital technologies.
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