§ 29. Mr. Lathamasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements are available to give financial assistance through supplementary benefit to a person needing a regular course of a particular medicine prescribed by a general practitioner which is no longer available under the National Health Service and where no medicine available under the limited list suits that person medically.
§ Mr. NewtonSupplementary benefit is not payable to meet any medical need and we have no plans for change. However, we have been assured that the drugs remaining available for prescription on the National Health Service meet all real clinical needs and that there is no medical reason for anyone to have to buy their medicine.