HC Deb 15 July 1948 vol 453 c130W
105. Mr. Randall

asked the Minister of Health if doctors, under the new Health Service, will be free to prescribe for their patients, without restriction, every kind of drug and appliance necessary for their treatment and will not have to work within the limits of averages of cost per insured person.

Mr. Bevan

A doctor has a duty to prescribe under the National Health Service all drugs necessary for the proper treatment of the patient without any limit of cost whatever, also the appliances prescribed in the General Medical and Pharmaceutical Regulations. Other appliances are obtained through the hospital service.