Drugs (Hansard, 5 December 1994)

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proposals she has to reduce the national health service drugs bill.

§ Mr. Malone
A wide range of measures is in place to encourage efficient and cost-efiective prescribing and to

ICD number¹ 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992

960–979 2,019 1,917 1,792 1,892 1,817 1,959 1,712 1,771 1,791 1,971

965 737 726 652 698 688 675 646 716 753 875

977 290 258 253 290 304 290 255 286 294 312

¹ International classification of diseases, 9th revision.

§ Mr. Flynn
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is her calculation of the cost of medicinal drugs that were(a) wrongly prescribed and (b) prescribed and not used in each of the past five years.

§ Mr. Malone
Information on drugs wrongly prescribed or prescribed and not used is not available.

ICD number¹	1983	1984	1985	1986	1987	1988	1989	1990	1991	1992
960–979	2,019	1,917	1,792	1,892	1,817	1,959	1,712	1,771	1,791	1,971
965	737	726	652	698	688	675	646	716	753	875
977	290	258	253	290	304	290	255	286	294	312
¹ International classification of diseases, 9th revision.