Prescription List (Hansard, 22 October 1993)

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the items that will not be available on a national health service prescription from November.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
I refer the hon. Member to statutory instrument No. 2421, laid before Parliament on 11 October which lists the drugs and other substances to be added to the list of items which may not be prescribed at national health service expense from 1 November 1993.

§ Mr. Redmond
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions in England were removed from the NHS provision by introducing limited lists in each year since 1988–89.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
The numbers of products removed from national health service prescription each year since 1988–89 are shown in the table:

Year Number

1988–89 174

1989–90 27

1990–91 87

1991–92 100

1992–93 121

1993–94 653

Year	Number
1988–89	174
1989–90	27
1990–91	87
1991–92	100
1992–93	121
1993–94	653