Thank you for your request for information about the following:

Request

‘Dear team please can I have the following data,

For Scotland

By GP Practice

By month

By gender

By each 5 year age bands 0-4,5-9 etc upto and including 85+ (85+as a single figure)

From May 23 to the latest month you have available

The prescription spend in for Total spend and for each BNF Chapter’

The NHS Business Services Authority (NHSBSA) received your request on 23 February 2026.

We have handled your request under the Freedom of Information Act 2000 (FOIA).

Our response

I am writing to advise you that following a search of our paper and electronic records, I have established that the information you requested is not held by the NHSBSA.

Advice and assistance

The NHSBSA processes prescription information for England and Wales, we do not process prescription information for Scotland.

Information for Scotland can be obtained by contacting Public Health Scotland (PHS). You can submit a request online through their FOI Portal: https://publichealthscotland.scot/contact-us/foi-and-eir-requests/your-foi-request/

You can also email your request to phs.foi@phs.scot

Alternatively, you can write to PHS at:

Corporate FOI team

Public Health Scotland

Gyle Square

South Gyle Crescent

Edinburgh

EH12 9EB

The PHS FOI disclosure log is available at:

https://publichealthscotland.scot/contact-us/foi-and-eir-requests/freedom-of-information-request-log/