§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the patient information leaflets proposed under EEC directives would include contra-indications, precautions and warnings for all medicines at present prescribed in the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. MellorPresent European Community (EC) law (article 6 of directive 75/319) with which United Kingdom regulations conform already requires contra-indications, warnings and precautions if a leaflet is supplied. The current proposed amendment would not affect that requirement. The change would be to make a leaflet mandatory unless the information was supplied on the label. Further developments may follow from the EC Commission study on patient information.