What percentage of GP practices in each NHS board area prescribe methadone.

The table shows the number and percentage of all GP Practices, by NHS bard, that prescribed methadone (all formulations) in December 2003.
Number and Percentage of GP Practices Prescribing Methadone
NHS Board
| December 2003

Methadone
| Total
| %

Argyll and Clyde
| 62
| 102
| 60.78

Ayrshire and Arran
| 8
| 62
| 12.90

Borders
| 10
| 24
| 41.67

Dumfries and Galloway
| 16
| 37
| 43.24

Fife
| 51
| 63
| 80.95

Forth Valley
| 22
| 63
| 34.92

Grampian
| 61
| 88
| 69.32

Greater Glasgow
| 166
| 221
| 75.11

Highland
| 29
| 75
| 38.67

Lanarkshire
| 92
| 110
| 83.64

Lothian
| 116
| 141
| 82.27

Orkney
| 0
| 15
| 0.00

Shetland
| 2
| 10
| 20.00

Tayside
| 57
| 72
| 79.17

Western Isles
| 0
| 14
| 0.00

All NHS Boards
| 692
| 1097
| 63.08


The table does not present the full picture of methadone prescribing services across Scotland, since specialist drug services also prescribe methadone, both in community and residential settings.