§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Her Majesty's Government have any plans to make the limited list compulsory in hospitals.
§ Mr. HayhoeNo. The regulations applying the selected list to the family practitioner services do not extend to the hospital service, but health authorities were asked in HC(85)18 to apply the principles of the selected list to the use of drugs in hospitals. The circular said that it was not intended to seek powers to give the list statutory backing for health authorities.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether Her Majesty's Government have any plans to extend the limited list to other therapeutic categories.
§ Mr. HayhoeI refer the hon. Member to my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Congleton (Mr. Winterton) on 22 May at column314.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reviews or audits have been initiated by his Department to investigate the impact of the introduction of the limited list on (a) prescribing patterns, (b) patient health and (c) the pharmaceutical industry.
§ Mr. HayhoePrescribing statistics collected by the Department are used to monitor the effects of the selected list scheme. The Advisory Committee on National Health Service Drugs keeps the selected list under review to ensure that the clinical needs of patients continue to be met. No reviews or audits have been initiated by my Department into the scheme's effect on the pharmaceutical industry.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what changes to the limited list have been recommended by the review committee; and which of these have been accepted.
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§ Mr. HayhoeAll the recommendations of the Advisory Committee on National Health Service Drugs on the products which should and should not be available for prescription under the selected list scheme have been accepted and the changes are included in the following amending regulations; SI 1985 No. 1712, SI 1986 No. 381, SI 1986 No. 916.