Paracetamol and Ibuprofen - FOI Response Register

Please include the following information for the financial years 2022/23, 2023/24 and 2024/25:

1. The total number of individual patients to whom paracetamol and ibuprofen were prescribed by your Trust annually.

The hospital do not routinely issue prescriptions for paracetamol and ibuprofen.

The information for primary care is available through open data by following the attached link.

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

2. The total amount spent by your Trust on supplying prescribed paracetamol and Ibuprofen in each of those financial years.

Data is not held for secondary care

The information for primary care is available through open data by following the attached link.

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

3. If available, a breakdown of the form in which paracetamol was prescribed (e.g., tablets, capsules, liquid suspension, etc.) and associated costs for each form.

Data is not held for secondary care

NHS Shetland does not hold pricing information, this is available through the Scottish Drug Tariff

 Scottish Drug Tariff - Medical practice and pharmaceuticals - Resources and tools - Public Health Scotland

4. What are the specific conditions which qualify a patient to be prescribed paracetamol or ibuprofen? Or what is your general policy for qualifying a prescription for paracetamol or ibuprofen?

This would be at the discretion of the prescribing clinician, for minor ailments patients encouraged to purchase over the counter.