§ Mr. G. Cooperasked the Minister of Health whether, having regard to the views of the Cohen Committee on Prescribing that preparations advertised direct to the public should not be prescribed under the National Health Service, he will assist doctors by providing them with a list of equivalent preparations; and if he will forbid the use of such advertised proprietary medicines under the Service.
§ Mr. BevanA list of official counterparts of proprietary preparations is given in the National Formulary. Doctors have already been asked not to order proprietary preparations where the alternative standard drug could be ordered without detriment to the patient's condition.