Scottish prescribing data shows a return to falling gross ingredient costs after a one-year rise. Between 2019-20 and 2020-21, GIC for community dispensing dropped 4.9 per cent..
| Table 1 – Gross Ingredient Cost (£), 2016/17 – 2020/21 Year | Gross Ingredient Cost (GIC) (£) | % change |
| 2016-17 | 1,137,588,236 | |
| 2017-18 | 1,170,761,719 | -2.9 |
| 2018-19 | 1,142,104,457 | -2.4 |
| 2019-20 | 1,175,878,909 | +2.9 |
| 2020-21 | 1,118,110,484 | -4.9 |