HC Deb 17 April 2002 vol 383 cc1022-3W
Dr. Fox

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of prescriptions were issued electronically in the last year. [46999]

Ms Blears

The proportion of prescriptions produced by computer and issued electronically by general practitioners in the last year was between 60 and 80 per cent. dependent on which health authority area the GP was situated.