HC Deb 26 July 1968 vol 769 cc241-2W
Mr. S. O. Davies

asked the Minister of Health if he will simplify the four-page leaflet he has issued on prescription charges, in view of the fact that most people do not know the meaning of such words as caecostomy, hypo-parathyroidism, hypopituitarism or myasthenia gravis.

Mr. K. Robinson

The list of medical conditions giving entitlement to exemption could not be accurately expressed in non-technical terms; patients suffering from these conditions will usually know them by the names appearing on the application form, which in any event has to be submitted through a doctor.