This statistic displays the number of prescription drugs dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21. Over 106 million prescription drug items were dispensed in Scotland during the financial year 2019/20, a record for the provided period. The figure for prescription items dispensed in England was over one billion during the year 2020/21.
Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21
(in millions)
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Information Services Division, & NHS Health Scotland. (September 21, 2021). Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21 (in millions) [Graph]. In Statista. Retrieved August 13, 2022, from https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, und NHS Health Scotland. "Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21 (in millions)." Chart. September 21, 2021. Statista. Accessed August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, NHS Health Scotland. (2021). Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21 (in millions). Statista. Statista Inc.. Accessed: August 13, 2022. https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division, and NHS Health Scotland. "Number of Pharmaceutical Prescription Items Dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21 (in Millions)." Statista, Statista Inc., 21 Sep 2021, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/
Information Services Division & NHS Health Scotland, Number of pharmaceutical prescription items dispensed in Scotland from 2008/09 to 2020/21 (in millions) Statista, https://www.statista.com/statistics/886592/prescription-items-dispensed-in-scotland/ (last visited August 13, 2022)
