§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what could be the saving per year to the National Health Service budget if generic prescribing were extended to all drugs.
§ Mr. John Patten[pursuant to his reply, 19 November 1984, c. 71]: If doctors were required to prescribe 205W generically wherever possible the potential savings, based on present relative prices of generic and branded drugs, are estimated at about £35 million a year in England.