Half a million consultations carried out under NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service in first three months of 2021

摘要

Almost 500,000 consultations were carried out under the NHS Pharmacy First Scotland service between January 2021 and March 2021, according to data published by Public Health Scotland (PHS). Analysis of the data by The Pharmaceutical Journal shows that, of claims submitted by pharmacies for payment for the consultations, 59,462 were for a consultation only, 22,050 were for a consultation that resulted in a referral to the patient’s GP and more than 400,000 were for a consultation that resulted in a medicine being dispensed.