§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland, pursuant to his answer of 7 February,Official Report, columns 229–30, if he will list the aggregate figures for brand name and generic prescribing costs for each health board area, classified by total GP fundholders and total non-fundholders.
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 16 February 1995]: The table gives the gross ingredient cost of prescribing of generic and brand name items by fundholding and non-fundholding general practitioners for each health board area for financial years 1992–93 and 1993–94.
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Health board 1992–93 fundholdersPrescribed generically 1992–93 costs Prescribed by brand name 1992–93 Non-fundholders Prescribed generically 1992–93 costs Prescribed by-brand name 1993–94 fundholders Prescribed generically 1993–94 costs Prescribed by-brand name 1993–94 Non-fundholders Prescribed generically 1993–94 costs Prescribed by brand name Argyll and Clyde 0.271 1.168 4.880 25.603 0.508 1.864 5.916 26.606 Ayrshire and Arran 0.039 0.218 3.456 24.786 0.311 1.448 4.199 24.916 Borders — — 1.536 5.404 0.143 0.329 1.831 5.166 Dumfries and Galloway — — 1.475 9.077 — — 1.910 9.775 Fife 0.064 0.249 3.824 17.747 0.212 0.751 4.441 18.857 Forth Valley 0.102 0.530 3.559 15.330 0.186 0.846 4.302 16.063 Grampian 0.619 2.678 4.607 21.207 3.045 10.625 3.880 14.438 Greater Glasgow 0.214 0.858 10.862 51.933 0.434 1.524 12.949 54.422 Highland 0.035 0.168 1.975 9.861 0.163 0.697 2.316 10.385 Lanarkshire 0.152 0.768 5.043 36.430 1.386 5.046 6.184 32.726 Lothian 0.152 0.546 9.632 34.963 0.998 3.093 10.935 34.376 Orkney — — 0.217 0.853 — — 0.251 0.900 Shetland — — 0.139 0.944 — — 0.166 1.080 Tayside 0.465 1.235 6.057 21.081 1.59 3.500 6.819 19.940 Western Isles — — 0.328 1.287 — — 0.400 1.476 Total 2.113 8.418 57.590 276.506 8.976 29.723 66.499 271.126