§ 63. Mrs. Knightasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has to combat the forged prescription racket now prevalent in the Midlands.
§ Mr. AlisonWe have no evidence of a marked increase in the small proportion of prescriptions found to contain forgeries, but several safeguards have been recommended to doctors and pharmacists by my Department and their professional bodies; and additional safe-70W guards in the revised terms of service for doctors agreed with the medical profession will very shortly be laid before the House.