§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he proposes to give financial assistance to those practitioners who find working from health centres financially disadvantageous.
§ Dr. VaughanNo. The accommodation charge is purely notional since it is reimbursed in full to the general medical practitioner by the family practitioner committee. Furthermore, the gross re-730W muneration of these practitioners contains an element for practice expenses, including health centre service charges, based on the national average of these expenses.
Under existing guidance, charges for accommodation and services provided to general practitioners working in health centres should be reviewed every three years and new charges agreed between the practitioners and the authority in consultation with the family practitioner committee. This provides the opportunity for dissatisfied practitioners to air their views locally.