Insulin Injections

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To ask the Secretary of State for Health what would be the net extra cost to his Department of supplying insulin injection pen needles for diabetics on prescription.

Table 1
Income from charges under the Road Traffic Acts—£000 (Cash)
Region	1981–82	1982–83	1983–84	1984–85	1985–86	1986–87	1987–88	1988–89	1989–90	1990–91
Northern	216	296	398	391	424	349	398	397	384	390
Yorkshire	351	448	515	573	618	631	679	751	680	744
Trent	369	519	630	664	754	716	971	1,005	931	994
East Anglia	276	361	386	471	515	500	467	514	716	625
North West Thames	224	285	356	303	315	384	403	438	468	333
North East Thames	271	326	364	363	390	331	436	430	391	418
South East Thames	337	444	542	548	629	534	500	513	392	507
South West Thames	246	379	348	357	379	338	461	517	574	211
Wessex	316	458	584	583	775	753	742	836	861	1,077
Oxford	217	319	356	571	558	609	624	534	729	665
South Western	335	473	678	690	725	691	824	720	890	741
West Midlands	488	722	786	837	780	850	1,020	929	1,040	969
Mersey	228	392	399	385	466	458	491	407	517	624
North Western	318	468	603	584	590	722	669	753	681	779
SHAs	6	4	5	4	(2)	5	2	4	2	3
England	4,198	5,894	6,950	7,324	7,916	7,871	8,687	8,748	9,256	9,080

The addition of insulin injection pen needles to the list of items GPs may prescribe is the subject of continuing negotiations with manufacturers. The price which will be paid for needles when they become prescribable, and therefore the cost to the Department, are part of these negotiations.

Volume 205: debated on Friday 13 March 1992