HC Deb 10 July 1981 vol 8 cc247-8W
Mr. Hardy

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many prescriptions have been dispensed by dispensing doctors in each month since 1 December 1980.

Sir George Young

The numbers of prescriptions dispensed by doctors in England who are paid for dispensing on the drug tariff basis—91 per cent. of dispensing doctors—were as follows:

December 1980 1,534,968
January 1981 1,443,760
February 1981 1,366,965
March 1981 1,498,189
April 1981 1,410,685

Information on the total numbers of items dispensed by doctors paid for dispensing on the capitation fee basis is not available.