HC Deb 09 February 2000 vol 344 c199W
Mr. Gareth R. Thomas

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will announce his decision on whether insulin pen needles and reusable insulin injection pens can be prescribed on the NHS. [109667]

Mr. Denham

We have agreed that, with effect from 1 March, insulin pen needles and certain reusable insulin pens should be prescribable by general practitioners on the National Health Service.