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 49,336,158 50,841,280 52,205,362 53,916,650 56,087,786 NHS Board Number of dispensed items – Year ending 31 March 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Ayrshire and Arran 4,551,199 4,709,367 4,794,133 4,998,882 5,158,627 Argyll and Clyde 5,388,845 5,608,448 5,870,156 6,200,968 6,527,302 Borders 1,176,697 1,223,210 1,263,861 1,344,428 1,434,289 Dumfries and Galloway 1,857,331 1,969,172 2,090,199 2,235,938 2,346,720 Fife 3,836,191 4,024,217 4,202,676 4,436,151 4,669,562 Forth Valley 3,289,456 3,502,791 3,639,723 3,790,658 3,999,389 Grampian 4,941,908 5,104,971 5,254,512 5,525,309 5,763,167 Greater Glasgow 11,278,411 11,493,663 11,816,490 12,487,269 13,170,097 Highland 2,114,015 2,200,798 2,292,990 2,413,896 2,563,823 Lanarkshire 7,104,284 7,361,758 7,612,600 8,008,790 8,552,818 Lothian 7,006,392 7,208,168 7,428,669 7,718,514 8,023,155 Orkney 182,626 194,836 194,379 201,483 213,977 Shetland 229,828 245,372 255,998 274,087 284,973 Tayside 4,348,178 4,517,662 4,665,271 4,850,077 5,050,275 Western Isles 328,475 344,163 359,481 386,827 418,025 Scotland 57,633,836 59,708,596 61,741,138 64,873,277 68,176,199 Source: Data in the tables have been provided by ISD and refer to prescription items dispensed by community pharmacists and dispensing doctors, but do not take into account...