Dr Brian Montgomery expressediHealth and Sport Committee, Official Report, 21 January 2020, Col 51 the view the system was "skewed" towards the prescription of medicines and Dr David Coulson, Assistant Director of Pharmacy at NHS Tayside, suggestediHealth and Sport Committee, Official Report, 28 January 2020, Col 4 it was easy to follow the pathway of a prescription of a medicine in comparison to alternative options.