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2-4 Waterloo Place
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Lothian NHS Board
www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Date
Our Ref
08/10/12
3319
Enquiries to Richard Mutch
Extension 35687
Direct Line 0131 465 5687
Email
richard.mutch@nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk
Dear
FREEDOM OF INFORMATION – METHADONE
I write in response to your request of 14 September 2012 for information in relation to methadone
dispensing since 2007/08.
I have been provided with information to help answer your request by Mr Mark Hunter, Head of
Primary Care Contracts Organisation – Finance, NHS Lothian.
Question:1. The dispensing fee agreed for methadone, per dispensing, in each financial year from 2007/08
onwards.
Answer:Year
Dispensing Fee
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
£2.13
£2.17
£2.20
£2.20
£2.20
£2.20
Question:2. The supervision fee agreed for methadone, per supervised dispensing, in each financial year
from 2007/08 onwards.
Answer:Year
Supervision Fee
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
£1.18
£1.20
£1.22
£1.22
£1.22
£1.22
Headquarters
Waverley Gate, 2-4 Waterloo Place, Edinburgh EH1 3EG
Chair Dr Charles J Winstanley
Chief Executive Tim Davison
Lothian NHS Board is the common name of Lothian Health Board
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Question:3. The combined (dispensing and supervision) fee agreed for methadone, per supervised
dispensing, in each financial year from 2007/08 onwards.
Answer:Year
Combined Fee
2007/08
2008/09
2009/10
2010/11
2011/12
2012/13
£3.31
£3.37
£3.42
£3.42
£3.42
£3.42
I hope this information answers your request.
If you are unhappy with our response to your request, you do have the right to request us to review
it. Your request should be made within 40 working days of receipt of this letter, and we will reply
within 20 working days of receipt. If our decision is unchanged following a review and you remain
dissatisfied with this, you then have the right to make a formal complaint to the Scottish Information
Commissioner.
If you require a review of our decision to be carried out, please write to Mr I Whyte, FOI Reviewer
at the address at the foot of this letter. The review will be undertaken by Mr Whyte as he was not
involved in the original decision-making process.
FOI responses (subject to redaction of personal information) may appear on NHS Lothian’s
Freedom
of
Information
website
at
:http://www.nhslothian.scot.nhs.uk/YourRights/FOI/Pages/default.aspx
Yours sincerely
ALAN BOYTER
Director of Human Resources
and Organisational Development
Cc: Chief Executive