HC Deb 17 May 1999 vol 331 c269W
Dr. Cable

To ask the Secretary of State for Health in what ways information on drugs dispensed in hospitals and their cost is published. [83895]

Mr. Denham

Information on medicines dispensed in hospitals is not collected centrally. Total expenditure on medicines purchased by National Health Service trusts is shown in the Pharmaceutical Price Regulation Scheme Report to Parliament. The total expenditure on medicines purchased by individual NHS trusts is available from a number of commercial organisations of which The Health Service Database, published by the Chartered Institute of Public Finance and Accountancy, is an example.