§ 43. Mr. Michael Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he will announce the procedure for general practitioners to prescribe drugs outside the limited list for patients with particular medical needs.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rutland and Melton (Mr. Latham) on 3 May at column271.
§ Mr. Charles Kennedyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will consider removing Lorazapan from the limited list.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Chief Medical Officer's group of medical and pharmaceutical experts, set up to advise on the contents of the selected list, recommended that Lorazapan should remain available under the National Health Service; and we accepted the group's advice in full. As we have already announced we shall shortly be setting up a committee to keep the selected list under review. It will be open to that committee to reconsider the position of Lorazapan.