§ Sir E. Keelingasked the Minister of Health how much it would cost the taxpayer to give drugs, dressings and appliances to private doctors' patients after deducting the 1s. prescription charge, but without allowing for the transfer of many National Health Service patients to private doctors which would follow such gift.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithIf the net cost per person were the same as for patients under the National Health Service— which assumes that private doctors would be bound to observe the same conditions as National Health Service doctors—the total cost to the taxpayer might be nearly £1½ million per annum.