This is an HTML version of an attachment to the Freedom of Information request 'Prescriptions related to statin medication and diabetes-related medication'.



NHS Borders 
NHS Borders 
Education Centre 
Planning & Performance 
Borders General Hospital 
Melrose 
Roxburghshire 
TD6 9BD 
01896 825545 
xxx.xxxxxxxxx@xxxxxxx.xxxx.xxx.xx 
 
 
Freedom of Information request 105-20 
 
 
Request 
 
For 2017/2018 what was the expenditure on primary care and secondary care prescribing? 
 
For both primary care and secondary care, how much of this expenditure was on statin and other lipid-
lowering medication and on diabetes-related medication? 
 
Could you please give a breakdown of expenditure on the specific diabetes-related medications involved? eg 
insulin, metformin etc. 
 
This is a follow-up to my previous successful request for expenditure on the same items for 2018/2019. 
(attached below) 
 
 
Response 
 
Please find attached a complete spreadsheet with the data requested: 
 
FOI 105-20 
Spreadsheet.xlsx  
 
Note:  This data contains Homecare costs and Health Board Prescription pad prescribing in Secondary Care 
values. 
 
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