§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when the co-ordinator for the prescription plus scheme for sufferers of MS will be in post. [71203]
(2) what data his Department plans to collect to monitor the progress of the prescription plus scheme. [71200]
§ Mr. Lammy[holding answer 22 July 2002]: Sheffield University's school of health and related research (ScHARR) has been appointed to co-ordinate monitoring under the risk-sharing scheme for drugs for multiple sclerosis announced in Health Service Circular 2002–04. ScHARR will shortly be approaching neurology centres about the data requirements of the scheme and the arrangements for their collection.