Prescriptions cost tops GBP1bn

"The net cost of NHS prescriptions in Scotland passed GBP1 billion last year for the first time, figures have revealed. The total cost of prescriptions was GBP1.066 billion. The most commonly prescribed drug in Scotland is aspirin, prescribed more than three million times, followed by the cholesterol drug simvastatin and the co-codamol painkiller" - Fife Today