§ Sir Eldon Griffithsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if every doctor under contract with the National Health Service was sent a letter from his Department in advance of the decision to introduce a limited list for National Health Service prescriptions.
§ Mr. HayhoeOn 14 December 1984 the Chief Medical Officer wrote to all doctors setting out the Government's proposals to introduce a selected list of drugs and inviting comments on the contents of the provisional list. Once the consultation period was over, the Chief Medical Officer wrote to them again, on 28 February 1985, with details of the proposed final form of the selected list. When the regulations introducing the schedule of products not prescribable under the National Health Serive were laid, doctors received notification of their content, either from a health circular sent to all health authorities or from a family practitioner notice sent to all general medical practitioners.