HC Deb 31 March 1958 vol 585 cc89-90W
79. Mrs. L. Jeger

asked the Minister of Health what payment is being made to general practitioners in connection with poliomyelitis immunisation; what is the total estimate of this amount; and whether this sum will be deducted from the central pool available for the payment of general practitioners.

Mr. Walker-Smith

General practitioners receive from the local health authority a fee of 5s. for the record of each course of poliomyelitis vaccination.

No estimate of the amount involved is yet available. The sums paid in any year will, like all other payments for services, be deducted from the central pool available for the payment of general practitioners in respect of that year in accordance with the arrangements agreed with the medical profession.