HC Deb 19 January 1993 vol 217 cc220-1W
Mr. Jon Owen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how much money will be saved by expanding the selected list of drugs that cannot be prescribed under the national health service to her proposed new categories.

Dr. Mawhinney

The savings from extending the selected list scheme will depend on the specific changes made to the list of drugs which cannot be prescribed under the national health service. These will be made only on the recommendation of the independent Advisory Committee on NHS Drugs and cannot be predicted in advance.