HC Deb 15 May 1978 vol 950 cc44-5W
Mr. Michael Shaw

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the additional cost to the National Health Service if the financial help at present accorded in Scotland by virtue of ECS Circular No. 22/1970 "Payment for Collection and Delivery Services" were extended to England and Wales.

Mr. Moyle

Information is not readily available on the number of voluntary prescription collection and medicine delivery schemes in which chemist contractors incur transport costs. It is not possible therefore to give a reliable estimate of the cost of extending the provisions of ECS (Pharmaceutical) Circular No. 22/1970 to England and Wales.