The following table shows the number and percentage of items dispensed free of charge in each NHS board area in 2000-01, the most recent complete year for which information is available.Methadone - Items Dispensed Free of Charge in 2000-01Health BoardNumber of items dispensed free of chargePercentage of items dispensed free of chargeArgyll and Clyde23,67697.36Ayrshire and Arran25,86097.31Borders46889.83Dumfries and Galloway6,90395.37Fife10,84795.17Forth Valley2,92594.54Grampian24,97092.72Greater Glasgow96,26897.34Highland2,32197.19Lanarkshire27,97296.66Lothian25,51896.98Orkney9100.00Shetland63196.78Tayside16,56396.45Western Isles3100.00Total264,93496.25These data include instalment dispensings, where patients are given one prescription, for which a single charge is payable, but receive their medication in instalments.These data refer to prescriptions dispensed in the community and do not take into account...