HC Deb 02 June 1998 vol 313 c178W
Mrs. Ellman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the increase in the price of slow sodium tablets per 100 to the NHS between March and May 1998 in actual and percentage terms. [43032]

Mr. Milburn

The list price to the National Health Service of this product increased during this period from 55p to £6.05 per 100, an increase of 1,000 per cent. Officials wrote to HK Pharma specifically on this issue on 28 April. So far they have not replied.