Written question asked by Max Madden (Labour), in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 13 March 1995. It was answered by Gerald Malone (Conservative) on Monday, 13 March 1995 on behalf of the Department of Health.

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Dept of Health

Question

What representations she has received about the information required to be obtained by those in pharmacies from those presenting prescription forms; what assessment she has made of the intrusiveness of the information required; and what arrangements are being made to print prescription forms in larger type and in ethnic minority languages; which professional bodies were consulted about the design and content of the prescription forms to be issued shortly; on which dates such consultation took place; if consultation resulted in favourable reaction to the content; how many prescription forms have been printed to date; how many remain to be printed; what is the total cost of printing and distribution. - Includes fact that am taking the opportunity to amend the declaration to make it applicable to all patients and fact that have been no additional printing and distribution costs.

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Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

256 c406W

Session

1994-95

Subjects

Disclosure of information Design Fraud Expenditure Government departments Languages Forms Ethnic groups Minority groups Prescriptions

Contains statistics

Yes