§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give a breakdown by product type of the estimated savings which have ensued to the National Healh Service through the implementation of the limited list prescribing system.
§ Mr. HayhoeActual savings in each of the therapeutic categories of drugs covered by the selected list scheme are unlikely to be available for some months.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many letters he has now received expressing criticisms of the limited list prescribing system; and how many of this total have been received since the implementation of the scheme.
§ Mr. HayhoeThis information is not readily available in the form requested and could be retrieved only at disproportionate cost.
§ Mrs. Ann Wintertonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many representations he has now received about the exclusion of mucolytic preparations from the list of drugs now available through the limited list prescribing system.
§ Mr. HayhoeI refer my hon. Friend to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Birmingham, Northfield (Mr. King) on 28 January at columns499–500.