§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what has been the cost of supplies for the National Health Service, excluding and including medicines, prescribed by the family practitioner service, in each of the last four years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information requested is as follows.
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Family Practitioner Services £ million Financial year Total cost Drugs, dressings and appliances 1979–80 111.1 51.0 1980–81 129.8 59.5 1981–82 150.8 66.7 1982–83 169.1 75.8 The figures given in respect of family practitioner services drugs, dressings and appliances include optical appliances supplied under the general ophthalmic service but exclude amounts spent by general medical and general dental practitioners on supplies which they use during the course of prescribed treatment since these sums cannot be disaggregated from the fees and allowances paid to them.