§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he expects to publish full data in book form on all medicines prescribed under the National Health Service.
§ Mr. MoyleIt would be impracticable to produce such a publication, since there is no exhaustive list of drugs and medicines which can be prescribed at National Health Service expense. Under the National Health Service Act, doctors are free to prescribe any drug or medicine they consider necessary for the treatment of their patients.
I also refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Coventry, South-West (Mrs. Wise) on 24th July.—[Vol. 954, cc. 544–45.]