PHS FOI 2025-002105
- Date of request
- 31 March 2025
- Date of response
- 15 April 2025
- FOI request ID
- PHS FOI 2025-002105
- Pharmacy and prescribing
Request
"Could you please provide the number of people prescribed drugs under the BNF chapter 04, BNF section 0407, BNF sub-section 040702 otherwise known as "OPIOID ANALGESICS"?
Could you please break down this data into per health board and per year across Scotland from 2019 - 2024?
Could you also break how many people are prescribed per drug under the BNF section of Opioid Analgesics? For example tramadol, oxycodone, fentanyl, methadone etc."