The hon. Gentleman is making a very valuable point. Does he agree that one way around this issue would be to have prescribing pharmacists who could give out medications such as those basic painkillers, without the need for the patient even to see their GP, which would also free up valuable GP time?
Breast Cancer Drugs
Proceeding contribution from
Sharon Hodgson
(Labour)
in the House of Commons on Thursday, 26 January 2017.
It occurred during Backbench debate on Breast Cancer Drugs.
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