GP Prescribing
Information on NHS prescriptions dispensed in the community in Scotland is maintained by ISD's Prescribing Team from data provided by Practitioner Services Division (PSD). PSD are responsible for the processing and pricing of all prescriptions dispensed in Scotland.
GPs write the vast majority of these prescriptions, with the remainder written mainly by nurses and dentists. They also include prescriptions written in hospitals that are dispensed in the community, but exclude drugs dispensed within hospitals themselves.
Key points:
- Over the decade 2001/02 - 2010/11 the numbers of prescriptions dispensed for cardiovascular related drugs continued to rise although there has been a slight reduction (0.2%) over the last year to 24,633,819 items prescribed and dispensed in the community in 2010/11 (see Table G1
). - The overall costs of prescriptions dispensed for cardiovascular related drugs fell sharply in 2010/11 to £167 million, a reduction of 11.4% on the previous year. This is the lowest gross ingredient cost for cardiovascular drugs observed for any year over the last decade 2001/02 to 2010/11. Costs often reduce as medicines become available in generic form once drug patents expire (see Table G1 ).
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| Table G1 Cardiovascular prescribing (costs and number of prescriptions) for years 2001/02 - 2010/11. |
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| Table G2 Cardiovascular prescribing (costs, defined daily doses and numbers per 1000 population) by drug group and Health Board for year 2010/11. |
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| Table G3 Cardiovascular prescribing (costs, defined daily doses and numbers per 1000 population) by drug group and community health partnership (CHP) for year 2010/11. |
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