§ Mr. Simon HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the payments made(a) to dispensing doctors for prescriptions dispensed and items personally administered and (b) to non-dispensing doctors for items personally administered, by the Prescription Pricing Authority in Scotland, broken down by (i) net ingredient cost, (ii) discounted cost, (iii) VAT, (iv) oxygen etcetera, (v) container allowance, (vi) dispensing fees, and (vii) on cost and in total in each year since 1990–91. [14143]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe payments made to dispensing doctors by way of remuneration and reimbursement in respect of their dispensing activities are set out in the table. The total value of remuneration for the supply of oxygen is less than £1,000 in any year.
The personal administration scheme does not apply in Scotland and no payments to GPs are authorised by the prescription pricing division of the Common Services Agency other than those mentioned in the table or for the supply of oxygen.
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§ Mr. HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish the evidence submitted to the Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body regarding disbursements to doctors in Scotland. [14144]
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonAs the Health Department's evidence to the Doctors and Dentists Pay Review Body was made available to the "Health Service Journal" in October 1996, there are no plans to publish it.