Question reference: S3W-07576
- Asked by: Roseanna Cunningham, MSP for Perth, Scottish National Party
- Date lodged: 6 December 2007
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Current status: Answered by Shona Robison on 19 December 2007
Question
To ask the Scottish Executive how much has been spent on prescription charges and how many prescription prepayment certificates have been issued in each year since May 1999, broken down by parliamentary constituency.
Answer
Information on revenuefrom prescription charges and the number of Prescription Pre-payment Certificatesis not available in the form requested.
Table 1 shows thetotal prescription charge revenue collected from community pharmacists, dispensingdoctors, appliance suppliers and from the sale of prescription pre-paymentcertificates by NHS boards from the financial year ending 31 March 2001 to 31 March 2007. Figures for earlieryears are not available.
Table 1, Financial Year Ending 31 March
| NHS Board | 2001 (£) | 2002 (£) | 2003 (£) | 2004 (£) | 2005 (£) | 2006 (£) | 2007 (£) |
| Argyll and Clyde | 3,697,780 | 3,928,514 | 3,883,056 | 3,821,970 | 3,707,315 | 3,841,922 | 3,815,203 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 3,108,771 | 3,251,942 | 3,272,420 | 3,237,562 | 3,174,040 | 3,307,247 | 3,303,662 |
| Borders | 935,565 | 998,448 | 1,033,403 | 1,024,119 | 981,681 | 1,050,237 | 1,101,524 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 1,404,330 | 1,498,885 | 1,497,731 | 1,467,126 | 1,408,478 | 1,495,837 | 1,499,486 |
| Fife | 3,093,922 | 3,331,168 | 3,327,437 | 3,220,971 | 3,180,565 | 3,355,065 | 3,318,625 |
| Forth Valley | 2,616,131 | 2,812,279 | 2,826,548 | 2,792,513 | 2,743,895 | 2,866,163 | 2,844,453 |
| Grampian | 4,941,904 | 5,238,553 | 5,256,308 | 5,241,881 | 5,044,730 | 5,430,908 | 5,536,993 |
| Greater Glasgow | 6,300,823 | 6,606,784 | 6,686,743 | 6,415,225 | 6,184,607 | 6,535,015 | 6,605,049 |
| Highland | 1,805,601 | 1,954,248 | 2,022,192 | 1,940,261 | 1,788,703 | 2,201,573 | 2,190,434 |
| Lanarkshire | 4,791,954 | 5,165,210 | 5,227,234 | 5,193,207 | 5,054,628 | 5,206,378 | 5,344,135 |
| Lothian | 6,446,938 | 6,840,697 | 6,980,084 | 6,821,444 | 6,704,864 | 6,948,815 | 7,041,274 |
| Orkney | 170,628 | 176,876 | 181,252 | 185,025 | 184,258 | 189,987 | 194,896 |
| Shetland | 240,585 | 257,300 | 251,383 | 253,406 | 254,195 | 256,094 | 277,819 |
| Tayside | 3,327,776 | 3,536,845 | 3,579,375 | 3,570,025 | 3,516,289 | 3,579,141 | 3,530,944 |
| Western Isles | 236,017 | 240,950 | 253,602 | 257,909 | 280,007 | 270,966 | 288,694 |
| Scotland | 43,118,727 | 45,838,699 | 46,278,767 | 45,442,643 | 44,208,257 | 46,535,348 | 46,893,192 |
From the beginningof 2006 financial year Argyll and Clyde Health Board merged, with NHS Greater Glasgowand NHS Highland. For the purposes of continuity the figures above have been includedseparately under Argyll and Clyde. The split of the fees between NHS Greater Glasgowand NHS Highland for the financial year ending 31 March 2007 are as follows:
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 3,042,522 |
| Highland | 772,681 |
Table 2 shows thenumber of prescription pre-payment certificates sold to patients by NHS board fromthe financial year ending 31 March 2004 to 31 March 2007. Figuresfor earlier years are not available.
Table 2, FinancialYear Ending 31 March
| NHS Board | 2004 | 2005 | 2006 | 2007 |
| Argyll and Clyde | 15,697 | 16,617 | 17,525 | 17,944 |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 14,590 | 15,082 | 15,478 | 15,845 |
| Borders | 3,123 | 3,901 | 4,077 | 4,385 |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 5,455 | 5,689 | 5,945 | 6,152 |
| Fife | 10,268 | 11,402 | 11,978 | 12,500 |
| Forth Valley | 10,044 | 10,858 | 11,724 | 12,269 |
| Grampian | 14,861 | 16,880 | 18,390 | 18,839 |
| Greater Glasgow | 19,248 | 20,724 | 22,479 | 23,757 |
| Highland | 6,000 | 6,958 | 7,797 | 8,269 |
| Lanarkshire | 19,294 | 20,625 | 21,768 | 22,448 |
| Lothian | 18,369 | 20,474 | 21,994 | 23,561 |
| Orkney | 676 | 704 | 735 | 756 |
| Shetland | 1,170 | 1,299 | 1,287 | 1,269 |
| Tayside | 10,865 | 12,137 | 12,667 | 13,328 |
| Western Isles | 1,234 | 1,409 | 1,465 | 1,552 |
| Scotland | 150,893 | 164,759 | 175,310 | 182,874 |