HL Deb 20 December 1995 vol 567 cc152-3WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

Whether caffeine clearance, debrisoquine, benzoate conversion, paracetamol conversion and mucodyne tests are available on the National Health Service.

The Parliamentary Under-Secretary of State, Department of Health (Baroness Cumberlege)

If one of these tests is needed for the care and treatment of an individual patient, it could be carried out under the National Health Service. The tests in question are more generally performed as research procedures.