HC Deb 13 June 1989 vol 154 cc392-3W
Sir Michael McNair-Wilson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the reasons for a decision on the location of a pharmacy are(a) made public by the rural dispensing committee and (b) usually made available to interested parties.

Mr. Mellor

[holding answer 12 June 1989]: Regulations require the rural dispensing committee (RDC) to give written notice of such decisions to my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State, the applicant, the family practitioner committees concerned, the local medical and pharmaceutical committees for the areas of those committees and to any other person who has submitted written or oral evidence to the RDC.