HC Deb 07 July 1969 vol 786 cc181-2W
76. Mr. Chataway

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what steps he is taking to ensure that patients in rural areas may have their prescriptions dispensed by qualified pharmacists.

Mr. Crossman

A patient who would have difficulty in getting to a pharmacy is in certain circumstances entitled to ask his doctor to supply him with medicines; but he remains free if he wishes to obtain them from a chemist in the normal way.