HC Deb 25 March 1985 vol 76 c91W
Mr. John Browne

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will consider the establishment of a local forum in which health authorities can adjudicate individual demands for exceptions to his revised prescribed list of drugs.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

We are currently discussing with the medical profession the need for and the possible form of an appeal mechanism which would enable a doctor to prescribe drugs not on our selected list at National Health Service expense in exceptional circumstances.

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