§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatric hospitals within the National Health Service have special units to enable people to withdraw from benzodiazepines.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not hold this information centrally.
§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people are at present withdrawing from benzodiazepines in psychiatric hospitals within the National Health Service.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not have this information centrally.
§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many working days were lost in 1987 as a result of people withdrawing from benzodiazepines.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not hold this information.
§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of all prescriptions given in 1987 by National Health Service's doctors was for benzodiazepines.
§ Mr. MellorWe do not have information in the form requested. In Great Britain in 1987 community pharmacists dispensed almost 399.7 million prescriptions. Of these, about 25.5 million, or almost 6.5 per cent., were for benzodiazepines.
§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is his estimate of the total number of children under the age of 16 years currently being prescribed benzodiazepines.
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§ Mr. MellorWe do not collect this information centrally.