HC Deb 15 May 1978 vol 950 cc46-7W
Mr. Tom Ellis

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of hospital beds is estimated now to be occupied by patients suffering from the side-effects of drugs used to cure their original complaints.

Mr. Moyle

As I indicated in my reply to my hon. Friend's Question on 2nd May—[Vol. 949, c.84.]—it is not possible to make any estimate of hospital bed usage attributable to drug side-effects.