HC Deb 28 May 2004 vol 422 c175W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will make a statement on National Institute for Clinical Excellence guidelines on the prescription of sucraid in the treatment of congenital sucrase isomaltese deficiency; [174969]

(2) he will list the hospitals where sucraid has been prescribed in the last five years. [174970]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The National Institute for Clinical Excellence has not issued guidelines on the prescription of sucraid. Data on prescriptions for sucraid in hospitals are not collected centrally.