Nottingham saw the third highest amount of antidepressants prescribed in the UK, figures have shown. The city's NHS service gave out 93,255 in November last year, averaging at 29,007 per 100,000 people, according to a study by digital health service Now Patient.
This makes it the third highest in the country, ranking only behind Manchester (33,027) and Newcastle (31,358). NHS Nottingham and Nottinghamshire said prescriptions were made in line with local guidelines which are based on national recommendations
Of the near 100,000 prescriptions that were made in Nottingham, 50,119 were for sertraline, a medication designed to help treat depression, anxiety, OCD and PTSD.
