§ Mr. Danceasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in view of the recent report by the Faculty of Ophthalmologists, a copy of which has been sent to him, if he will now reconsider his refusal to include chronic glaucoma in the list of long-duration diseases for which repeat treatment can be prescribed indefinitely.
§ Mr. CrossmanThere is no list of this description. A doctor may prescribe drugs to be dispensed at specified intervals over the whole period until he expects to see the patient again. On charges for prescriptions I cannot add to the reply my hon. Friend the Minister of State gave to the hon. and learned Member for Solihull (Mr. Grieve) and my hon. Friend the Member for Goole (Mr. George Jeger) on 27th January.—[Vol. 776, c.207.]