§ 96. Dr. Strossasked the Minister of Health whether he is aware that some manufacturers of drugs which are widely advertised and expensive and for which there are satisfactory alternatives are urging medical practitioners to persist in prescribing their expensive advertised 79W remedies; and what steps has he taken to end this undesirable practice.
§ Mr. BevanI think that the doctors themselves are well able to deal with this. As I explained in reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Goole (Mr. G. Jeger), on 9th November any doctor who refuses importunate demands has my full support.
§ 106. Mr. H. Straussasked the Minister of Health what proportion prescriptions of nationally advertised medicines bear to the total number of prescriptions given under the National Health Service to the latest convenient date.