HC Deb 28 November 1989 vol 162 cc224-5W
Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the cost to the National Health Service each year or financial year of anti-tetanus booster injections.

Mr. Freeman

The information requested is not held centrally.

Mr. William Ross

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will insert in the new general practitioner contracts guidelines on the frequency with which anti-tetanus booster injections should be offered.

Mr. Freeman

Guidelines on anti-tetanus and other vaccinations are set out in the memorandum "Immunisation Against Infectious Disease" which is prepared for the health departments by the joint committee on vaccination and immunisation, and issued to all doctors, a copy of which has been placed in the Library. A new edition of the memorandum is due to be published early next year.