An MSP has welcomed new figures on free prescriptions handed out in Greater Glasgow and Clyde over the past year.
NHS Greater Glasgow and Clyde (NHSGGC) dispensed 26,837,298 free prescriptions in 2024/25.
This follows the decision to abolish prescription charges in Scotland in 2011.
The policy is estimated to have saved Scottish households an average of £440.50 over the year, based on 44.5 prescriptions per household and the current charge of £9.90 per item in England.
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Marie McNair, MSP for Clydebank and Milngavie, has welcomed the figures.
She said: “Thanks to the SNP abolishing prescription charges in 2011, people in Clydebank and Milngavie do not need to worry about being able to pay for essential medicines for themselves or their families and households are saving an average of nearly £450 a year.
“Scotland continues to provide the most comprehensive cost-of-living support anywhere in the UK, with SNP policies including ending peak rail fares, free university tuition, free school meals and childcare, free personal care and prescriptions, the Scottish Child Payment and the Baby Box putting thousands of pounds back in people’s pockets.”
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