§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present annual cost of drug information centres; and whether he will take steps to increase the role of such centres within the National Health Service by giving greater publicity to their work.
§ Dr. VaughanIt is assumed that the drug information centres referred to are the hospital-based centres staffed by pharmacists. It is not possible to separate the cost of this service from the total pharmaceutical services provided by health authorities. We are considering whether it would be appropriate to request inclusion of telephone numbers of the regional drug information centres in the British National Formulary.