§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the latest available figure for the percentage of(a) hospital admissions and (b) community health services' patients receiving care as a result of adverse reactions to prescribed drugs. [544]
§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is not available centrally. Information on the number of ordinary admissions and day cases associated with drugs, medicaments and biological substances causing adverse effects in therapeutic use in 1993–94 is published in "Hospital Episode Statistics, England, Volume 2", copies of which are available in the Library.