§ Dr. HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if people without pituitary glands qualify to receive Viagra on the NHS without referral to a consultant; and what is the basis for this approach. [111572]
§ Yvette CooperNo. We consulted widely before introducing regulations on 1 July 1999 restricting the prescribing by general practitioners of treatments for impotence, including Viagra. No representations were made suggesting that men without pituitary glands should be included in the groups of patients for whom such treatments can be prescribed. We shall be reviewing the operation of the regulations after a year.