§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the pharmaceutical sales to the National Health Service in 1979; and what were the pharmaceutical sales to the National Health Service as a percentage of the total National Health Service cost for the same period.
§ Sir George YoungThe information for England is as follows:
Year ended 31 March NHS Drug costs (a) Percentage of total NHS costs 1979 £673 million (b) 10.4 (a) Hospital drug costs, together with the cost of drugs, dressings and appliances supplied under the pharmaceutical services by chemists and dispensing doctors (exclusive of fees and allowances paid to them). (b) Includes expenditure incurred on community health services.