§ Mr. Nicholas Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what were the pharmaceutical sales to the National Health Service in 1980; 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.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergIn England for the year ended 31 March 1980, National Health Service drug costs (see note(a)) were £176 million (see note (b)). These costs were 10.1 per cent. of the total National Health Service cost for the same period.
Notes:
(a) inclusive of expenditure incurred on Community Health Services.
77W(b) hospital drug costs, together with the cost of drugs and appliances supplied under pharmaceutical services provided by chemist and appliance contractors and dispensing doctors (but exclusive of any fees and allowances paid to them).