HC Deb 14 May 1952 vol 500 cc130-1W
Mr. F. Willey

asked the Minister of Health the cost per head of National Health Service prescriptions for people in Sunderland for each of the years 1949 and 1950.

Mr. Iain MacLeod

The approximate average cost per person on doctors' lists was 14s. 3½d. in 1949 and 17s. O½d in 1950.

Mr. Chetwynd

asked the Minister of Health what was the average cost of prescriptions issued in the area of the Durham County Executive Council for 1948, 1949 and 1950: and the cost per person for whom doctors prescribe in the same years.

Mr. Iain MacLeod

The average cost per prescription and the average cost per person for whom doctors prescribe are as follow:

Average cost per prescription Average cost per person
1948 (half year from s. d. s. d.
5th July) 2 5.1 5 2.6
1949 2 8.3 13 5.4
1950 2 10.3 15 6

Mr. F. Willey

asked the Minister of Health what were the total number of National Health Service prescriptions for people in Sunderland for each of the years 1949 and 1950.

Mr. Iain MacLeod

1,009,244 and 1,130,073 respectively.