Monthly prescribing activity data
Data for August 2023
An Official Statistics publication for Scotland
- Published
- 19 December 2023
- Type
- Statistical report
- Author
- Public Health Scotland
About this release
This release by Public Health Scotland (PHS) presents data for items prescribed in Scotland and reimbursed by the NHS, for August 2023. The data is in two formats - Open Data and an interactive dashboard.
Further information
Open Data files enable independent analysis of NHS Scotland prescribing data. Information is shown for each practice and by individual drug for items prescribed in Scotland and reimbursed by the NHS. In response to feedback from users we have produced a prescribing dashboard to allow exploration of the Open Data file. Four interactive views are available:
- What are the highest cost therapeutic areas for prescriptions in the community?
- How do individual GP Practices contribute to overall GP Practice prescribing?
- What is the variation in Prescribing among the biggest GP practices?
- Where are the most prescriptions being written?
Monthly Prescribing Activity Data can be found on the Scottish Health and Social Care open data portal and an interactive dashboard can be found via the PHS Prescribing Webpages.
The next release of this publication will be on 13 February 2024.
General enquiries
If you have an enquiry relating to this publication, please contact David Scott at phs.prescribing@phs.scot.
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Older versions of this publication
Versions of this publication released before 16 March 2020 may be found on the Data and Intelligence, Health Protection Scotland or Improving Health websites.