Prescribed Items 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Argyll and Clyde 1,077 1,207 1,547 1,542 1,866 2,310 Ayrshire and Arran 625 984 1,195 1,385 1,890 2,103 Borders 235 317 485 612 894 1,210 Dumfries and Galloway 127 308 448 628 931 1,182 Fife 1,973 2,811 3,235 3,659 4,651 5,281 Forth Valley 836 1,216 1,392 1,396 1,676 1,792 Grampian 2,121 3,025 3,522 3,756 4,565 4,970 Greater Glasgow 1,523 2,029 2,160 2,253 2,718 3,085 Highland 425 724 935 1,026 1,143 1,453 Lanarkshire 931 1,011 1,129 1,185 1,415 1,543 Lothian 2,825 3,266 3,120 3,685 4,012 4,578 Orkney 17 12 20 27 34 75 Shetland 82 133 190 205 208 218 Tayside 1,487 2,121 2,966 3,513 4,256 4,881 Western Isles 18 34 40 14 17 29 All NHS Boards 14,302 19,198 22,384 24,886 30,276 34,710 Table 2 – Gross Ingredient Cost (£) – Year ending 31 March NHS Board Gross Ingredient Cost (£) 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 Argyll and Clyde 15,722 17,379 22,256 23,196 41,506 63,820 Ayrshire and Arran 10,548 16,523 21,023 25,060 50,361 59,000 Borders 3,649 4,749 7,861 10,272 15,486 29,186 Dumfries and Galloway 2,255 4,549 6,464 8,640 19,271 33,316 Fife 39,931 62,425 73,261 84,576 159,889 215,988 Forth Valley 11,969 19,927 23,975 26,579 37,626 47,212 Grampian 34,266 52,310 63,684 69,722 117,447 144,231 Greater Glasgow 24,700 33,371 36,816 37,418 61,403 90,620 Highland 6,128 10,548 13,908 16,191 20,985 36,091 Lanarkshire 14,653 16,275 19,127 20,280 31,362 41,821 Lothian 53,817 67,758 71,283 82,662 102,511 156,939 Orkney 193 197 445 485 524 1,933 Shetland 1,173 2,324 3,206 3,279 6,227 8,279 Tayside 32,329 47,352 63,911 72,009 121,741 182,384 Western Isles 329 614 566 173 189 608 All NHS Boards 251,662 356,301 427,786 480,542 786,527 1,111,428 The information in the tables has been provided by NHS National Services Scotland...