§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what incentives her Department employs to encourage general practitioners to prescribe generic drugs; and how much has been spent in each of the last three years on such incentives.
§ Dr. MawhinneyWe have a range of initiatives to encourage general medical practitioners to prescribe more 5W effectively including, where appropriate, generic prescribing. These include, from 1991–92, incentive schemes which cost £100,000 in their first year of operation.
§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of drugs prescribed per annum are generic.
§ Dr. MawhinneyIn 1992, the latest year for which figures are available, 43 per cent. of drugs were prescribed generically.