Topical question asked in the House of Commons, by Lord Brady of Altrincham (Conservative). It was answered on Tuesday, 12 May 2009 on behalf of the Department of Health.

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Topical Questions

Question

In the interests of value for money in the NHS, may I ask Ministers to look into the prescription of what are known as "specials" by GPs? A local pharmacist has written to me giving an example of a product consisting of 50 g of Betnovate cream, which costs £2.86, and 450 g of E45, costing £5.39; the total cost of the mixed cream was £347.88. Clearly, there is money being wasted here; will Ministers please look into this?

Answer

Yes, we certainly will.

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Secondary information

Type

Oral question

Reference

492 c680 

Session

2008-09

Oral question type

Supplementary

Chamber / Committee

House of Commons chamber

Subjects

Fees and charges Prescriptions Drugs Misuse

Link

View this Topical question on www.publications.parliament.uk