Prescribing and Dispensing Information in ISD

The Prescribing Team within ISD maintains a detailed database of all NHS prescriptions dispensed in the community in Scotland. The information is supplied to ISD by Practitioner Services Division (PSD) who are responsible for the processing and pricing of all prescriptions dispensed in Scotland.

These data are augmented with information on prescriptions written in Scotland that were dispensed elsewhere in the United Kingdom. All these prescriptions are dispensed by community pharmacies, dispensing doctors and a small number of specialist appliance suppliers.

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.

Controlled Drugs

New arrangements for the prescribing and deispensing of controlled drugs comes into force on 5th June 2006.  These will affect both Private and NHS Prescriptions.  To see how these might affect you please view our controlled drugs section.

Supplementary and Independent Pharmacist Prescribers

A new form has been introduced to register Supplementary and Independent Prescribers.  To see the details behind this and to download the form please view our Supplementary and Independent Pharmacist Prescribers section.