Because inflation in the UK over the same ten years has been 31.9%. Which means that in real terms the cost of providing prescriptions in Scotland – DESPITE an ageing population and the cost of new drugs – has FALLEN, not “risen by 25%”.
https://wingsoverscotland.com/but-what-does-journalism-matter/

"Uncertainty about Brexit – decisions being made in London without the Scottish government’s consent and over which the Scottish government has no control – is having a profound and negative impact on the economy. Small and medium businesses, the backbone of the British economy, are not growing, they are not taking on staff, and they are struggling to make money. Not knowing what the future holds over the other side of the cliff edge, investors – or potential investors – are not putting their money to work in UK companies. Decisions being made in Westminster are having a direct effect on the economy. They have caused it to stall and thereby slowed the rate of employment."
https://randompublicjournal.com/2018/07/17/deconstructing-a-bbc-bad-news-story/

So, Reporting Scotland, have you produced what is effectively a scare story based on incomplete and out-of-context statistics? Readers, is this another in a long sequence of such reporting on Scotland’s health and health system and, if so, why?
https://thoughtcontrolscotland.com/2018/07/25/reporting-scotland-staff-struggle-with-either-understanding-simple-statistics-or-with-honesty-in-reporting-them/

Events in the House of Commons yesterday represented a genuinely historic level of government chaos and turmoil. It was the mainstream media’s job to explain why to viewers and listeners who may not know what represents normal procedures and process well enough to fully grasp why those events were so significant. Instead, the BBC was damping down flames and opening escape hatches for a Prime Minister who – seen objectively – must now be rated as one of the worst in history and for a government that requires urgent replacement for the good of the country.
https://skwawkbox.org/2018/07/17/audio-bbc-plumbs-new-depths-of-govt-apologism-with-report-on-early-parliament-break/