NHS Board Number of dispensed items – Year ending 31 March 1994 1995 1996 1997 1998 Ayrshire and Arran 3,986,781 4,113,638 4,198,550 4,292,836 4,447,222 Argyll and Clyde 4,598,118 4,741,083 4,853,372 5,002,070 5,222,131 Borders 1,032,568 1,066,076 1,089,189 1,124,774 1,155,422 Dumfries and Galloway 1,482,513 1,565,225 1,627,926 1,710,925 1,801,779 Fife 3,132,726 3,254,003 3,365,676 3,507,607 3,684,741 Forth Valley 2,717,224 2,805,061 2,879,930 3,022,273 3,131,603 Grampian 4,209,231 4,337,124 4,421,109 4,606,572 4,797,859 Greater Glasgow 9,962,664 10,189,145 10,421,136 10,685,905 11,064,542 Highland 1,728,581 1,816,406 1,888,466 1,963,034 2,048,590 Lanarkshire 6,015,455 6,167,405 6,392,421 6,605,033 6,927,913 Lothian 6,135,648 6,315,371 6,460,409 6,589,865 6,856,256 Orkney 163,834 165,964 170,298 171,939 177,136 Shetland 193,908 194,221 201,565 208,418 220,637 Tayside 3,710,683 3,827,725 3,943,124 4,122,682 4,236,853 Western Isles 266,224 282,833 292,191 302,717 315,102 Scotland...