Whether pharmacy oxygen services will continue.

Answered Asked by David Davidson Con Lodged 25 Jun 2003

The question

To ask the Scottish Executive whether pharmacy oxygen services will continue.

The answer

Answered by Tom McCabe on 16 Jul 2003 · 21 days after it was lodged, on time

Yes, pharmacy oxygen services will continue. Community pharmacists already provide patients with oxygen in large, non-portable cylinders and we intend to make portable oxygen cylinders available on GP prescription through community pharmacists by the end of the summer.

In the Official Report

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