HC Deb 07 December 1981 vol 14 c307W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set up an investigation into the practice of doctors in over-prescription, especially for geriatric and psychogeriatric patients, in view of the prolonged and cumulative effect of drugs on the elderly.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

No. Prescribing practice is a matter for the clinical judgment of individual doctors.