HC Deb 30 October 1952 vol 505 cc245-6W
Major Lloyd

asked the Minister of Health the number of prescriptions issued in each of the months January to March, 1948, under the then health insurance scheme; and what was the average number of persons entitled to prescriptions under that scheme as compared with the number subsequently covered by the National Health Service.

Mr. Iain Macleod

The table below sets out, for England and Wales, the information required.

PRESCRIPTIONS ISSUED
January, 1948 … … … 7,020,957
February, 1948 … … … 6,345,496
March, 1948 … … … 6,879,619

PERSONS ON DOCTORS' PRESCRIBING LISTS
January-June, 1948 … … … 17,632,850
1st January, 1952 … … … 40,184,427