Polypharmacy prescribing guidance - draft: consultation
We are consulting on this draft updated polypharmacy prescribing guidance. 'Appropriate Prescribing - Making medicines safe, effective and sustainable 2025-2028' aims to further improve the care of individuals taking multiple medicines through the use of 7-Steps medicine reviews and promotes a holistic approach to person-centred care.
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28. Appendix P: Data tables for National Therapeutic Indicator charts
NHS Board |
January 2022 to June 2022 |
January 2023 to June 2023 |
January 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
1.98% |
1.89% |
1.74% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
3.55% |
3.43% |
3.16% |
Borders |
2.86% |
2.87% |
2.57% |
Shetland |
2.66% |
2.44% |
2.26% |
Highland |
2.57% |
2.35% |
2.22% |
Grampian |
2.46% |
2.47% |
2.17% |
Western Isles |
2.78% |
2.69% |
2.12% |
Lothian |
2.15% |
2.04% |
1.89% |
Fife |
2.00% |
1.90% |
1.80% |
Forth Valley |
1.73% |
1.74% |
1.67% |
Tayside |
1.85% |
1.68% |
1.59% |
Lanarkshire |
1.76% |
1.69% |
1.57% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
1.61% |
1.57% |
1.45% |
Orkney |
1.70% |
1.72% |
1.31% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
1.66% |
1.51% |
1.27% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
30.15% |
39.12% |
46.42% |
Shetland |
10.98% |
24.02% |
29.61% |
Grampian |
19.98% |
27.97% |
36.55% |
Forth Valley |
21.29% |
29.28% |
36.65% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
26.04% |
33.88% |
40.93% |
Fife |
27.06% |
35.48% |
42.78% |
Lanarkshire |
29.35% |
37.00% |
43.86% |
Borders |
16.15% |
30.39% |
44.44% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
28.25% |
37.66% |
45.23% |
Tayside |
29.74% |
37.77% |
46.84% |
Western Isles |
29.17% |
42.32% |
51.25% |
Highland |
31.77% |
43.79% |
51.32% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
37.27% |
45.29% |
51.71% |
Lothian |
34.55% |
46.27% |
52.06% |
Orkney |
28.75% |
42.31% |
52.94% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
Scotland |
57.16% |
57.88% |
58.35% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
60.66% |
62.11% |
62.75% |
Western Isles |
61.97% |
61.23% |
62.11% |
Lanarkshire |
60.10% |
60.62% |
61.45% |
Shetland |
61.52% |
59.98% |
61.21% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
58.94% |
60.32% |
61.14% |
Borders |
59.70% |
60.00% |
60.95% |
Tayside |
57.69% |
58.55% |
59.19% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
58.50% |
58.85% |
58.94% |
Highland |
56.62% |
57.63% |
58.02% |
Grampian |
55.73% |
56.91% |
57.46% |
Fife |
55.16% |
56.12% |
56.85% |
Forth Valley |
57.59% |
57.37% |
56.66% |
Orkney |
55.29% |
55.54% |
55.25% |
Lothian |
51.65% |
52.63% |
53.37% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
8.26% |
8.08% |
7.73% |
Lanarkshire |
10.91% |
10.59% |
10.01% |
Western Isles |
9.62% |
9.20% |
9.49% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
9.72% |
9.68% |
9.34% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
8.90% |
8.74% |
8.16% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
7.75% |
7.62% |
7.33% |
Borders |
7.11% |
7.13% |
7.32% |
Fife |
7.66% |
7.52% |
7.32% |
Grampian |
7.70% |
7.63% |
7.13% |
Tayside |
7.37% |
6.86% |
6.55% |
Highland |
6.69% |
6.51% |
6.40% |
Lothian |
6.71% |
6.54% |
6.13% |
Shetland |
5.75% |
5.31% |
5.33% |
Forth Valley |
5.46% |
5.17% |
4.99% |
Orkney |
4.49% |
4.97% |
4.51% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
2.85% |
2.85% |
2.85% |
Grampian |
3.24% |
3.26% |
3.27% |
Western Isles |
2.99% |
2.99% |
3.16% |
Forth Valley |
3.10% |
3.05% |
3.08% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
3.07% |
3.08% |
3.06% |
Tayside |
3.08% |
3.04% |
3.01% |
Lanarkshire |
2.92% |
2.91% |
2.98% |
Lothian |
2.90% |
2.90% |
2.78% |
Shetland |
2.49% |
3.08% |
2.78% |
Highland |
2.81% |
2.78% |
2.73% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
2.39% |
2.53% |
2.60% |
Fife |
2.38% |
2.43% |
2.51% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
2.41% |
2.26% |
2.28% |
Orkney |
1.74% |
1.83% |
1.82% |
Borders |
1.69% |
1.55% |
1.70% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
7.32% |
7.13% |
7.19% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
8.99% |
8.75% |
8.36% |
Grampian |
7.45% |
7.26% |
7.55% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
7.74% |
7.63% |
7.51% |
Highland |
7.56% |
7.55% |
7.44% |
Borders |
7.50% |
7.71% |
7.36% |
Lanarkshire |
7.53% |
7.38% |
7.33% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
7.53% |
7.29% |
7.32% |
Lothian |
7.13% |
7.00% |
7.32% |
Forth Valley |
6.64% |
6.46% |
6.68% |
Fife |
6.77% |
6.50% |
6.59% |
Western Isles |
7.78% |
7.05% |
6.15% |
Tayside |
6.34% |
6.01% |
6.02% |
Shetland |
5.21% |
4.70% |
5.77% |
Orkney |
5.91% |
5.83% |
5.76% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
0.40% |
0.40% |
0.39% |
Orkney |
0.44% |
0.60% |
0.65% |
Western Isles |
0.37% |
0.51% |
0.49% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
0.51% |
0.49% |
0.47% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
0.52% |
0.49% |
0.46% |
Highland |
0.50% |
0.50% |
0.46% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
0.46% |
0.46% |
0.44% |
Grampian |
0.41% |
0.45% |
0.42% |
Lanarkshire |
0.39% |
0.38% |
0.39% |
Fife |
0.38% |
0.37% |
0.35% |
Shetland |
0.38% |
0.42% |
0.32% |
Forth Valley |
0.33% |
0.30% |
0.31% |
Tayside |
0.29% |
0.28% |
0.29% |
Lothian |
0.29% |
0.30% |
0.28% |
Borders |
0.29% |
0.27% |
0.25% |
NHS Board |
April 2022 to June 2022 |
April 2023 to June 2023 |
April 2024 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
12.03 |
12.08 |
12.03 |
Lanarkshire |
16.56 |
16.64 |
16.63 |
Fife |
14.13 |
15.09 |
15.1 |
Dumfries & Galloway |
15.66 |
14.92 |
15.05 |
Ayrshire & Arran |
14.2 |
14.29 |
14.05 |
Tayside |
13.87 |
13.41 |
13.34 |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
12.63 |
12.67 |
12.8 |
Western Isles |
12.69 |
13.11 |
12.76 |
Borders |
11.01 |
11.23 |
11.72 |
Forth Valley |
10.33 |
10.16 |
10.17 |
Highland |
9.66 |
9.63 |
9.36 |
Grampian |
9 |
9.13 |
9.09 |
Shetland |
9.74 |
9.5 |
8.9 |
Lothian |
8.53 |
8.6 |
8.34 |
Orkney |
8.15 |
8.76 |
8.02 |
NHS Board |
July 2021 to June 2022 |
July 2022 to June 2023 |
July 2023 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
49.31% |
48.81% |
47.31% |
Lanarkshire |
54.72% |
54.68% |
52.68% |
Forth Valley |
51.37% |
50.68% |
50.77% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
52.85% |
52.24% |
50.75% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
51.65% |
50.98% |
50.44% |
Grampian |
50.45% |
50.21% |
47.91% |
Lothian |
47.82% |
48.09% |
47.88% |
Orkney |
50.92% |
53.95% |
46.34% |
Highland |
45.02% |
45.85% |
44.87% |
Fife |
42.89% |
43.23% |
41.09% |
Tayside |
47.06% |
43.41% |
40.93% |
Borders |
43.08% |
42.60% |
38.85% |
Shetland |
33.16% |
39.32% |
37.68% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
40.87% |
37.97% |
36.76% |
Western Isles |
44.14% |
41.63% |
34.87% |
NHS Board |
July 2021 to June 2022 |
July 2022 to June 2023 |
July 2023 to June 2024 |
|---|---|---|---|
Scotland |
7.24% |
7.31% |
7.59% |
Dumfries & Galloway |
10.15% |
9.63% |
9.75% |
Greater Glasgow & Clyde |
9.50% |
9.38% |
9.63% |
Shetland |
10.84% |
10.38% |
9.55% |
Western Isles |
9.38% |
9.59% |
9.45% |
Lanarkshire |
8.78% |
8.98% |
9.31% |
Ayrshire & Arran |
7.74% |
7.98% |
8.30% |
Forth Valley |
7.31% |
7.43% |
8.08% |
Highland |
7.19% |
7.06% |
7.38% |
Borders |
6.87% |
6.46% |
6.78% |
Fife |
5.83% |
6.27% |
6.58% |
Tayside |
6.15% |
6.13% |
6.40% |
Grampian |
5.58% |
5.84% |
6.15% |
Lothian |
4.67% |
4.94% |
5.10% |
Orkney |
4.46% |
4.43% |
3.75% |
Contact
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