HC Deb 24 January 1978 vol 942 c547W
Mr. Arnold

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many chemists' shops have closed within the area of the North-Western Regional Health Authority in each of the last five years.

Mr. Moyle

The net reduction in pharmacies providing NHS pharmaceutical services within the area of the North Western Health Authority in 1975 and 1976 was 31 and 29 respectively. Owing to boundary changes at the time of National Health Service reorganisation comparable figures for earlier years are not available.