§ 90. Mr. Errollasked the Minister of Health if he will give recognition to the British College of Physiotherapy under the terms of the National Health Services (Medical Auxiliaries) Regulations, 1954.
§ Miss Hornsby-SmithNo.
PRESCRIPTIONS — Number of Prescriptions Average cost per Prescription Total Cost 1952— d. £ October … … … … 18,384,883 49.00 3,753,418 November … … … … 17,410,701 49.79 3,611,664 December … … … … 19,881,277 49.68 4,115,494 1953 January … … … … 23,735,885 48.12 4,758,774 February … … … … 21,645,030 47.30 4,266,164 1953 October … … … … 19,201,000 Declared by Chemists 47.09 Estimates obtained from sample Not yet available November … … … … 18,561,000 47.49 December … … … … 18,594,000 49.22 1954 January … … … … 19,704,000 48.48 February … … … … 19;203,000 48.80 These figures include prescriptions for appliances ordered by general practitioners and dispensed by chemists, and prescriptions given by hospital out-patient departments which were dispensed by chemists because hospital dispensing service was not available. No figures are available to show the number of prescriptions dispensed at hospitals to out-patients.
DENTAL TREATMENT Month Number of completed courses of dental treatment under normal procedure (Note 1) Number of courses for limited treatment under emergency procedure (Note 2) Estimated Cost to Exchequer (Note 3) £ October, 1952 (5 weeks) … 496,000 155,000 1,100,000 November, 1952 (4 weeks) … 414,000 127,000 850,000 December, 1952 (4 weeks) … 333,000 102,000 700,000 January, 1953 (5 weeks) … 521,000 166,000 1,100,000 February, 1953 (4 weeks) … 382,000 126,000 800,000 October, 1953 (5 weeks) … 538,000 171,000 1,250,000 November, 1953 (4 weeks) … 454,000 144,000 1,050,000 December, 1953 (4 weeks) … 385,000 126,000 900,000 January, 1954 (5 weeks) … 570,000 176,000 1,300,000 February, 1954 (4 weeks) … 434,000 134,000 1,000,000 1. The courses exclude those for the provision of dentures to which the 1952 Act charges do not apply. Of the courses shown when the 1952 Act charge was fully effective over half bear no charge, being for exempted classes of patients or for items of treatment to which the charges do not apply. 2. Courses for limited treatment consisting of extraction of one or two teeth cost under £1 and many patients may, therefore, be assumed to have had the treatment privately 3. The 1952 Act charges were not fully effective in the latter part of 1952 as some of the course may have started before 1st June, 1952.