§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if, in order to free resources for other sectors of the National Health Service, he will issue further advice to medical practitioners to continue and extend generic prescribing.
§ Dr. VaughanThis approach has been looked at several times during the past few years—most recently by the Royal Commission on the National Health Service—and it is clear there are real difficulties. An informal working group of officials of the Department and representatives of the medical profession is currently408W studying ways of encouraging more effective prescribing, and I shall look at this question again in the light of any recommendations they may make in their forthcoming report.