HC Deb 11 November 1968 vol 773 cc31-2W
Mr. Pavitt

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what arrangements he has made to collect from general practitioners their stocks of obsolete E.C.10 prescription forms; what were the total number, cost and date of the last printing of that form and the number, cost and date of issue of the new revised form; and if he will make a statement.

Mr. Ennals

The reintroduction of prescription charges and the introduction of prepayment certificates called for the provision of revised prescription forms on 10th June and 1st November respectively. 160 million of the first print were ordered at an estimated cost of some £35,000, and four to five weeks' supply is estimated to have remained unused. 210 million of the second print were ordered at an estimated cost of about £55,000. General practitioners have been asked to burn obsolete forms or, failing that, to return them to Executive Councils.

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