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Where scripts are won, where share is lost, and where growth lies. Institutional-grade market intelligence for UK pharmacy.
See it in the data.
A closer look at the numbers behind each decision. Anonymised sample figures.
Follow the prescriptions
See how a surgery's scripts move between pharmacies over time.
Pharmacy market share over time
One Scottish GP surgery · Jan 2025 to Jun 2026 · anonymised
Share of the surgery's prescriptions each month · Public Health Scotland data
Share of one GP surgery's prescriptions
A Scottish surgery, latest month · hover a pharmacy to trace it
| Pharmacy | Share | Change | Trend |
|---|---|---|---|
Pharmacy A 156 scripts a day | 38.7% | −0.4 pts | Stable |
Pharmacy B 106 scripts a day | 26.3% | −2.4 pts | Losing share |
Pharmacy C 71 scripts a day | 17.6% | −2.1 pts | Losing share |
Pharmacy D 24 scripts a day | 6.0% | New | Gaining |
Know your market
Put your local footprint beside regional and national peers.
Catchment view
Per month · anonymised
Benchmark
Local: within 2 miles · Regional: health board · National: Scotland
| You | Local | Regional | National | |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Items a month | 7,530 | 6,120 | 6,840 | 6,450 |
| Growth on last year | +4.8% | +1.9% | +2.3% | +1.7% |
| NHS payment per item | £13.52 | £13.10 | £13.35 | £13.28 |
| Pharmacy First per 1,000 items | 24.1 | 28.3 | 30.2 | 29.0 |
See the whole picture
Follow your branches and trace unusual months back to the source.
Top 10 of 21 branches
Items / month · 3 months to June 2026 · change vs previous 3 months
Pharmacy First payment
July 2025 to June 2026 · Edinburgh pharmacy, anonymised
Every average on Pharmacy8 sits on top of the full monthly history, so you can see what is driving it.
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Also inside
Catchment intelligence
The population within half a mile of one Scottish pharmacy, anonymised
What it means: high health deprivation points to a heavy long-term-condition load, a strong base for Pharmacy First and medicines optimisation.
Star branch
+14.9%
items at one branch, compared with the previous three months. The fastest growth in the estate.
Needs attention
12.6
Pharmacy First consultations per 1,000 items at another branch.
Built from official publications: NHS BSA, Public Health Scotland and Companies House.
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