§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the terms of reference and the current membership of the review committee on the limited list; and how often it meets.
§ Mr. HayhoeThe terms of reference of the Advisory Committee on National Health Service Drugs are
To advise the United Kingdom Health Ministers about the composition of Schedules 3A and 3B to the National Health Service (General Medical and Pharmaceutical Services) Regulations 1974 and the corresponding schedules in the Regulations in Scotland and Northern Ireland, (except those items which are in Schedule 3A because the Advisory Committee on Borderline Substances has advised that they are not considered drugs in the circumstances of general practice) in order that drugs to meet all real clinical needs at the lowest possible cost to the NHS are available under the National Health Service in the following categories; mild to moderate pain killers, indigestion remedies, laxatives, cough and cold remedies, vitamins, tonics and benzodiazepine sedatives and tranquillisers.The arrangements of the committee's meetings are flexible. Currently quarterly meetings are scheduled. The committee's membership is:
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Members Chairman Dr. Edmund Harris Deputy Chief Medical Officer. Department of Health and Social Security Hospital Consultants Mr. Norman Badham Consultant ENT Surgeon, Leicester Royal Infirmary Professor Alasdair Breckenridge Professor of Clinical Pharmacology, Liverpool Professor Roderick Cawson Head of Oral Medicine and Pathology, Guys Hospital, London Dr. Duncan Colin-Jones Consultant Physician (Gastro-enterology), Portsmouth Professor Malcolm Hodkinson Professor of Geriatric Medicine, London Professor Malcolm Lader Professor of Psychopharmacology, London
Members Dr. James Moore Consultant Anaesthetist, Belfast Professor Eric Stroud Professor of Child Health, London General Practitioners Dr. John Callander General Practitioner, Scotland Dr. Stuart Came General Practitioner, London Dr. John Lynch General Practitioner, North Wales Dr. David Smith General Practitioner, Northallerton Pharmacists Mr. David Coleman Retail Pharmacist, Norwich Professor David Ganderton Professor of Pharmaceutics, King's College, London