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Health Bill [HL]

In relation to the private pharmacists, I refer to any pharmacist providing NHS services. If the general practitioner has been involved in that prescription, it is the general practitioner’s right to share any information that he or she may find suitable with the pharmacist providing those pharmaceutical drugs. As for patients reading documents, it will be a great pleasure for the Government to find a way in which we can share this information about the £100 billion that the taxpayer is spending on healthcare. On the question of exactly how much each individual is contributing, we all know that we are paying a significant amount of tax; we know exactly how much tax we pay. On an individual basis, people should be aware of the contributions that they make in tax.