FoI Number
2024-451
Subject
Medications
Date Received
29/10/2024
Request and Response
  1. The number of paracetamol and ibuprofen tablets that were dispensed free of charge through GP surgeries and other primary care settings in 2023.

In accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here:

https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/prescribed-dispensed

  1. The number of paracetamol and ibuprofen tablets that were dispensed free of charge through GP surgeries and other primary care settings so far in 2024 (as of 28 October 2024)

In accordance with FOISA s 16(1), NHS Shetland confirms that it holds the information requested but that it is exempt from disclosure under FOISA s 25(1) as the information requested is accessible without submitting a request under FOISA s 1(1). The information you have requested is available here:

https://www.opendata.nhs.scot/dataset/prescribed-dispensed