HC Deb 23 March 1993 vol 221 c576W
Mrs. Lait

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many appeals against a family health service authority refusal to enter into a contract with a pharmacy for the dispensing of NHS prescriptions have been heard in the last year for which figures are available.

Dr. Mawhinney

For the year ending 31 March 1992, 37 appeals were made and heard against family health service authority refusal to award a contract to dispense national health service prescriptions.