§ 32. Sir JOHN LEIGHasked the Minister of Health what, if any, precautions are taken against the supply of drugs and medicines of inferior quality to panel patients by retail chemists; and is he aware that such patients are frequently informed that they can have drugs and medicines of superior quality by paying for them?
§ Sir A. MONDTests are made from time to time to ensure that prescriptions are correctly dispensed, and severe penalties have been imposed in cases where chemists have supplied drugs of a kind different from that ordered by the doctor. As regards the latter part of the question, if the hon. Member will give the particulars of any cases where such 2066 statements have been made, whether by practitioners or chemists, which have been brought to his notice, I will have inquiry made with a view to disciplinary action if the facts can be established.