§ Mr. BradleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether all patients receiving chemotherapy cancer treatment at a self-governing trust hospital or a directly managed hospital will have the drug Ondansetron available to them if it is prescribed by the senior medical doctor in charge of their treatment.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyOndansetron is available for prescription by doctors throughout the national health service for the treatment of nausea and vomiting in patients undergoing chemotherapy and/or radiotherapy for cancer. Some hospitals, however, have drawn up formularies of preferred treatments for many conditions from which the doctors involved would usually prescribe.