Public Health Scotland
Scotland’s lead national agency for improving and protecting the health and wellbeing of all of Scotland’s people.Prescriptions in the Community Edit
This dataset contains details of items dispensed in the community at prescribing location code level for General Practice data and aggregated by NHS Board for other prescriber location types. Items are described at British National Formulary (BNF) item description level. Data is presented for items prescribed in Scotland and reimbursed by the NHS.\r\n\r\nThe glossary of terms for this publication can be found on the PHS publication page. The date of the next release can be found on our list of forthcoming publications.\r\n\r\nNHS Scotland has introduced a new dispensing contractor payment process and system. Data from May 2023 onwards may not be directly comparable to data published previously and should be interpreted with caution.\r\n\r\nOne area of note is the paid quantity for items with certain formulations may appear significantly higher in data from May 2023 onwards. For example; 1 item of an inhaler may have previously shown a paid quantity of 2 per item. Going forward, this quantity may increase to 240 for 1 item. In these instances, the increased quantity reflects the number of doses or uses within a single item, rather than the quantity of the item itself (e.g. 1 inhaler). Another area of note is that BNF Item Descriptions have changed. Some will not match to those with the same BNF Item code from April 2023 data and earlier.\r\n\r\nThere is a drop in overall GIC for certain BNF sections from May 2023 onwards. The data reflects the costs reimbursed at the time of processing and this has already been identified as anomalous and referred back to the data processor, NHS National Services Scotland Practitioner and Counter Fraud Services Division.
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Prescribing Data January 2024
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Prescribing Data December 2023
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Prescribing Data November 2023
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Prescribing Data October 2023
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Prescribing Data September 2023
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Prescribing Data August 2023
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Prescribing Data July 2023
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Prescribing Data June 2023
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Prescribing Data May 2023
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Prescribing Data April 2023
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Prescribing Data March 2023
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Prescribing Data February 2023
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Prescribing Data January 2023
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Prescribing Data December 2022
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Prescribing Data November 2022
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Prescribing Data October 2022
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Prescribing Data September 2022
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Prescribing Data August 2022
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Prescribing Data July 2022
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Prescribing Data June 2022
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Prescribing Data May 2022
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Prescribing Data April 2022
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Prescribing Data March 2022
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Prescribing Data February 2022
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Prescribing Data January 2022
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Prescribing Data December 2021
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Prescribing Data November 2021
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Prescribing Data October 2021
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Prescribing Data September 2021
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Prescribing Data August 2021
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Prescribing Data July 2021
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Prescribing Data June 2021
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Prescribing Data May 2021
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Prescribing Data April 2021
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Prescribing Data March 2021
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Prescribing Data February 2021
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Prescribing Data January 2021
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Prescribing Data December 2020
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Prescribing Data November 2020
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Prescribing Data October 2020
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Prescribing Data September 2020
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Prescribing Data August 2020
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Prescribing Data March 2020
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Prescribing Data February 2020
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Prescribing Data January 2020
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Prescribing Data December 2019
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Prescribing Data November 2019
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Prescribing Data October 2019
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Prescribing Data September 2019
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Prescribing Data August 2019
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Prescribing Data July 2019
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Prescribing Data March 2019
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Prescribing Data February 2019
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Prescribing Data January 2019
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Prescribing Data December 2018
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Prescribing Data November 2018
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Prescribing Data October 2018
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Prescribing Data September 2018
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Prescribing Data August 2018
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Prescribing Data July 2018
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Prescribing Data May 2018
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Prescribing Data April 2018
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Prescribing Data March 2018
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Prescribing Data February 2018
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Prescribing Data January 2018
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Prescribing Data December 2017
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Prescribing Data November 2017
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Prescribing Data October 2017
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Prescribing Data September 2017
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Prescribing Data August 2017
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Prescribing Data February 2017
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Prescribing Data January 2017
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Prescribing Data December 2016
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Prescribing Data November 2016
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Prescribing Data October 2016
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Prescribing Data September 2016
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Prescribing Data August 2016
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Prescribing Data July 2016
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Prescribing Data June 2016
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Prescribing Data May 2016
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Prescribing Data April 2016
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Prescribing Data March 2016
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Prescribing Data February 2016
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Prescribing Data January 2016
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Prescribing Data December 2015
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Prescribing Data November 2015
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Prescribing Data October 2015
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Additional Info
License | UK Open Government Licence v3.0 |
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Category | Budget / Finance, Health and Social Care |
Maintainer | Public Health Scotland |
Date Created | 2018-01-17 |
Date Updated | 2024-04-09 |
Original dataset link | https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/prescriptions-in-the-community |