§ Mr. Lilleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the organisations which have agreed to take part in the consultations on the setting up of an appeals mechanism in respect of drugs not on the limited list.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe have had detailed discussions with the general medical services committee of the British Medical Association and the Royal College of General Practitioners about the possible form of an appeal mechanism. After these discussions, on 16 April I546W wrote to the committee setting out our proposals. We have invited the Joint Consultants Committee, the Central Committee for Hospital Medical Services, the Pharmaceutical Society of Great Britain, the Pharmaceutical Services Negotiating Committee, the Society of Family Practitioner Committees and the Society of Administrators of the Family Practitioner Service to comment on these proposals.
§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he has received about the application of his limited list of prescribable drugs in the case of Louise Lavin, a resident in the constituency of the right hon. Member for Manchester, Wythenshawe, for whom a doctor has prescribed a drug which is no longer available on the National Health Service, which her family cannot afford and for which there is no alternative on the limited list; and if there is any action he will be taking.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeI have just received the right hon. Member's letter of 19 April about his constituent. I shall write to the right hon. Member as soon as possible. Our selected list contains a full range of drugs in the therapeutic categories concerned to meet all the clinical needs of patients.