§ Mr. HargreavesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the Medicines Control Agency's enforcement policy relating to the investigation of reports of the illegal sale or supply of anabolic steroids.
§ Mr. SackvilleIt is the policy of the Medicines Control Agency to investigate all reports concerning the illegal sale or supply of all drugs including anabolic steroids and to take legal action where it is appropriate to do so.
Hospital activity: Beds and finished consultant episodes Specialty group Available beds Per 1,000 population Finished consultant episodes Per 1,000 Population All specialties 231,000 4.8 9,636,000 199.2 Acute 113,000 2.3 7,775,000 160.7 Geriatric 40,000 0.8 529,000 10.9 General and acute1 153,000 3.2 17,770,000 160.6 Mental illness 47,000 1.0 234,000 4.8