HC Deb 22 March 1994 vol 240 c155W
23. Mr. Alan W. Williams

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many prescriptions were issued last year; and what was their total cost to the NHS.

Dr. Mawhinney

In 1992–93, general practitioners in England wrote 432 million prescriptions at a cost, including dispensing fees, of £3,303 million.