HC Deb 18 May 1989 vol 153 c289W
Mr. Michael Morris

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether his Department monitors the percentage of generic pharmaceutical supplies to hospitals which are rejected on the grounds of failing to meet quality standards.

Mr. Mellor

The Department does not carry out such monitoring centrally. It is for individual health authorities, as purchasers of medicines, to satisfy themselves as to the quality of those pharmaceuticals.