HC Deb 28 October 1999 vol 336 c976W
Mr. Swayne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what estimate he has made of the cost of discontinuing the levying of a prescription charge for each item when more than one hormone is prescribed in hormone replacement therapy. [96044]

Mr. Hutton

It is estimated that around £8.3 million in charge income would be lost if a single prescription charge was paid when more than one hormone in hormone replacement therapy was supplied by community pharmacists in England.