Annual prescriptions for Anti-Depressants

Dear Ms Drain

Thank you for your email of 26 January 2012 requesting information as
described below.

I am dealing with this under our procedures for handling requests made
under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 and a response will
be issued to you as soon as possible or within 20 working days, as
provided for under the Act.

If you have any queries regarding the progress of your request I can be
contacted at the details below.

Jill Maden
Acting Freedom of Information Officer
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde
Corporate HQ
J B Russell House
Gartnavel Royal Hospital Campus
1055 Great Western Road
GLASGOW
G12 0XH
0141 201 4808
[NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde request email]

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Dear Ms Drain

 

I refer to your email of 26 January 2012 when you made the following
request under the Freedom of Information (Scotland) Act 2002 as follows;

 

 I am writing to request the number of prescriptions issued for

 anti-depressants by Greater Glasgow NHS Board per annum over the

 past five years beginning in 2007.

 

I am now in a position to respond to your request. The information you
have requested is in the attached document. By way of clarification these
figures are for primary care dispensed anti-depressant prescriptions.
Unfortunately there is no way of knowing how many prescriptions are
written in primary care but not actually dispensed. 

 

Information on prescribing can also be accessed through the Scotland
Information Services Division (ISD) which is part of the Common Services
Agency (CSA) at [1]www.isd.scot.nhs.uk

 

I hope that this information is helpful.  If you are not satisfied with
our response to your request, you have a right to request a review of this
decision within 40 working days of receiving this response.  The procedure
for consideration of a review is detailed in the attached note.  The note
also describes your right to pursue the matter with the Scottish
Information Commissioner if, following a request for review, you remain
dissatisfied with the decision of NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde.  If
following appeal to the Scottish Information Commissioner you still remain
dissatisfied with the outcome, you have a right of appeal to the Court of
Session on a point of law against the decision of the Scottish Information
Commissioner.

 

If you wish us to review this decision, please complete the form enclosed
and return it to the Head of Board Administration, NHS Greater Glasgow and
Clyde, Corporate HQ, JB Russell House, Gartnavel Royal Hospital, 1055
Great Western Road, Glasgow  G12 0XH.

 

Should you require any clarification about this response or the right to
request a review please contact me as detailed below.

 

Yours sincerely

 

 

 

Alison Flynn

Freedom of Information Manager

NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde

JB Russell House

Gartnavel Royal Hospital

1055 Great Western Road

GLASGOW     G12 0XH

Tel: 0141 201 4461

[2][NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde request email]

 

 

 

 

 

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