§ Dr. GodmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the cost of general practitioner prescribed hormone replacement therapy treatments in each of the health board areas; and if he will express this cost as a figure per head of the female population aged over 40 years.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 14 December 1990]: In the year to 31 December 1989, the cost of the NHS drugs in Scotland dispensed by community pharmacists which are in general prescribed for hormone replacement therapy—British National Formulary sections 6.4.1.1. and 6.4.1.3—was £2,263,000 for 231,000 prescriptions. This represents a cost of £1.85 per head of female population aged over 40.
93WCorresponding information by health board areas is not available.