§ Dr. BrandTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the regulations which permit him to ban NHS prescriptions for Viagra. [60196]
§ Mr. MilburnMinisters will be drawing up substantive policy proposals on Viagra shortly and, as an interim measure, the Standing Medical Advisory Committee has advised that doctors should not prescribe Viagra.
§ Dr. BrandTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will issue guidance on the statutory provisions as they affect private prescriptions issued by NHS GPs to their registered NHS patients for Viagra. [60197]
§ Mr. MilburnGeneral practitioners might be in breach of paragraph 43 of their terms of service if they issue private prescriptions for Viagra to patients on their lists. The Department advises that patients requesting private prescriptions should be referred to a doctor outside the practice.