§ 43. Mr. Pavittasked the Minister of Health if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a list of the 20 drugs which are most in use in the hospitals under the National Health Service, and his estimate of the amount spent on each in the last year to a convenient date.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonFollowing is the information about the estimated usage in 1964 of the 10 most widely used drugs purchased under contracts placed centrally or by hospital authorities. Because of variations in the scope of hospital contracts for drugs it might be misleading to extend the list further.
£ Halothane … 650,000 Chlorpromazine … 270,000 Ampicillin … 240,000 Cloxacillin … 200,000 Tetracycline … 130,000 Methicillin … 120,000 Phenethicillin … 110,000 Sodium diatrizoate … 110,000 Fusidic Acid … 80,000 Hydrocortisone Sodium Succinate Inj. … 80,000
§ 44. Mr. Pavittasked the Minister of Health which drugs he still proposes to purchase from abroad for the service of the Crown.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonTenders have been invited for the supply of chlorothiazide and hydrochlorothiazide; but these 157W patented drugs will not be purchased from abroad if the patentees or licensees in this country submit acceptable tenders.