I welcome the provisions of the Bill that will close a loophole and deal with terrible examples of where the NHS is in effect exploited, but can my right hon. Friend point to the future in light of the suggestion that the drugs bill will increase to £20 billion by 2020—a much more significant increase than can be afforded under the projected expenditure in the NHS? What bigger measures need to be put in place for us to deal substantively with that bigger problem?
Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill
Proceeding contribution from
John Glen
(Conservative)
in the House of Commons on Monday, 24 October 2016.
It occurred during Debate on bills on Health Service Medical Supplies (Costs) Bill.
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