HC Deb 24 July 1996 vol 282 c508W
Ms Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement about progress on the nurse prescribing scheme. [39274]

Mr. Malone

The nurse prescribing trial was extended on 1 April 1996 to a further 60 general practitioner sites in Bolton. The evaluation of the original eight pilot sites will be published in the autumn. The extended pilot will be evaluated separately, with a report due in late 1997.