§ Mr. DalyellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment has been made of the extent any increase in the number of NHS prescriptions written so far this year has resulted from her Department's policy of(a) encouraging doctors to carry out screening programmes for certain detectable conditions and (b) requiring doctors to achieve target levels for patients needing vaccination against a variety of various diseases.
§ Dr. MawhinneyIt is not possible to calculate to what extent any increase is due to these policies.
§ Sir Dudley SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what are her Department's plans for doctors to indicate on a prescription form, FP10, the diagnosis for which a medicine is being prescribed, other than for a licensed indication; and how she will be able to protect patient confidentiality;
(2) what consultations she has held with consumer and patient organisations over her plans for requiring doctors to indicate on the FP 10 prescription form the diagnosis for which a particular medicine is being prescribed, in order to meet the requirement of the new terms of reference for the Advisory Committee on NHS drugs.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThere are no such plans.