§ 80. Mr. Tinnasked the Minister of Health if he will require chemists, when making up prescriptions, to show on the label the cost to the National Health Service which would otherwise have been borne by the patient.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonI do not think this would be appropriate.
§ Mr. Lomasasked the Minister of Health if he will show in table form the number of prescriptions issued for the month of February from 1949 to 1965.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe information for 1949–1964 is as follows:
Year Number of prescriptions dispensed by chemists in February 1949 19,023,460 1950 20,000,671 1951 21,045,662 1952 21,189,421 1953 21,645,030 1954 19,173,492 1955 19,720,697 1956 22,093,059 1957 16,852,441 1958 17,239,106 1959 22,950,396 1960 19,512,339 1961 22,211,770 1962 16,304,582 1963 18,682,174 1964 18,396,022 As regards February, 1965, for which only preliminary information is as yet available, I would refer the hon. Member to my reply today to the hon. Members for West Fife, Halifax and South-East Derbyshire.