To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many general practitioner practices run their own pharmacies in each of the counties of Wales.
Information on staff and students at the colleges of the university of Wales is collated and published by the "Universities Statistical Record"—USR.The ratios, shown in the table, are calculated as defined in the USR publications. Information for 1991 onwards has not yet been published.
The description "pharmacy" may be used only in respect of premises registered under the Medicines Act 1968. I am not aware of any GPs in Wales who run their own pharmacies.All GPs may personally administer appliances or drugs, other than scheduled drugs, to their patients, and they are obliged to provide such appliances or drugs which are needed for the immediate treatment of a patient before provision can otherwise be obtained.In addition, a GP can provide pharmaceutical services to a patient on his or her list where the patient has requested this and a number of conditions, which are specified in regulations, are met. The number of GPs providing pharmaceutical services under these arrangements in each family health services authority is given as follows:
| Number of General Practitioners providing pharmaceutical services to their patients, as at 1 April 1992 | |
| Number | |
| Clwyd | 51 |
| Dyfed | 17 |
| Gwent | 38 |
| Gwynedd | 57 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 20 |
| Powys | 47 |
| South Glamorgan | 8 |
| West Glamorgan | 5 |
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many pharmacies there are in each county of Wales.
The information is given in the table.
| Number of pharmacies1 | |
| Clwyd | 88 |
| Dyfed | 99 |
| Gwent | 96 |
| Gwynedd | 62 |
| Mid Glamorgan | 142 |
| Powys | 23 |
| South Glamorgan | 99 |
| West Glamorgan | 98 |
| 1 As at 30 September 1992. | |