Table 2.
Interviewee demographics (figures rounded to nearest whole number)
| Health board | Number of interviewees, % (n) | Pharmacist (MCA) | Total number of pharmacies in Scotland, % (n) |
| Ayrshire and Arran | 13 (4) | (2,2) | 8 (97) |
| Borders | 3 (1) | (1,0) | 2 (27) |
| Dumfries and Galloway | 10 (3) | (2,1) | 3 (35) |
| Fife | 0 (0) | – | 7 (85) |
| Forth Valley | 10 (3) | (2,1) | 6 (72) |
| Greater Glasgow and Clyde | 13 (4) | (2,2) | 25 (315) |
| Grampian | 27 (8) | (5,3) | 11 (131) |
| Highland | 7 (2) | (1,1) | 6 (78) |
| Lanarkshire | 10 (3) | (2,1) | 10 (121) |
| Lothian | 7 (2) | (2,0) | 15 (182) |
| Orkney | 0 (0)* | – | <1 (4) |
| Shetland | 0 (0)* | – | <1 (45) |
| Tayside | 0 (0) | – | 7 (92) |
| Western Isles | 0 (0)* | – | <1 (3) |
| SIMD† | |||
| SIMD 1 (most deprived) | 17 (5) | ||
| SIMD 2 | 37 (11) | ||
| SIMD 3 | 20 (6) | ||
| SIMD 4 | 13 (4) | ||
| SIMD 5 (least deprived) | 13 (4) | ||
| Pharmacy setting | |||
| Independent (single outlet) | 27 (8) | ||
| Small chain (2–5 outlets) | 17 (5) | ||
| Large chain define (6+ outlets) | 50 (15) | ||
| Supermarket | 7 (2) | ||
Pharmacist, n=19 (63%).
MCA, n=11 (37%).
*No R&D approval granted.
†SIMD is the Scottish Government's official tool for identifying places in Scotland suffering from deprivation, based on postcode. The information displayed here has been taken from the SIMD 2012 Scotland level population-weighted quintile.25
R&D, research and development; SIMD, Scottish Index of Multiple Deprivation.