§ Mr. Deakinsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he is satisfied with the standard of manufacturing practice for hospital-made sterile solutions used in the National Health Service;
(2) how often National Health Service hospital units making sterile solutions are inspected; and how this frequency of inspection compares with that for non-National Health Service units making sterile solutions for use in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinAll National Health Service hospital manufacturing units have been inspected. As with commercial undertakings, there is no established pattern of inspection; each case being treated on its merits. I have recently arranged for inspectorate effort on hospital154W manufacture to be stepped up so that it corresponds to the amount spent on commercial undertakings in the United Kingdom. I have no doubt that the standards are improving, and I want to see them brought up to the highest possible.