§ Mr. D. E. Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what arrangements the Welsh Pricing Committee for National Health Service prescriptions makes for estimating the remuneration appropriate to dispensing chemists when parcels of dispensed prescriptions are lost in transit.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsSuch losses are very rare but when they do occur the pharmacist receives an advance payment equivalent to 80 per cent, of his remuneration for the preceding month. The balance due is later calculated on the basis of average payments made to the pharmacist both before and after the month in question adjusted to allow for any general discernible trend in dispensing costs in his locality.