§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the projected outturn is for each family health services authority for 1993–94; and by how much this varies from the planned expenditure for each authority.
§ Mr. SackvilleDetails of individual family health services authority expenditure against cash limits in 1993–94 will not be available until annual accounts are submitted. Information on projected outturn for individual authorities is not collected, but is available from regional health authorities.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer given by the Under-Secretary of State on 24 March,Official Report, column 416, on what basis a family health services authority can refuse to require general practitioners to provide cover to respite centres and similar community care facilities.
§ Dr. MawhinneyA family health services authority may require a general practitioner included in its medical list to provide treatment to an individual at any place in his practice area, provided there is no other doctor who, at the time of the request, is under an obligation to give treatment to that person. However, FHSAs are not required, or to require general practitioners on their medical lists, to provide general medical services cover to organisations as a whole.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidance her Department has issued to family health services authorities, voluntary groups and local authorities relating to general practitioner cover for day centres, respite centres and other community care facilities.
§ Dr. MawhinneyGuidance on ensuring that people attending various care centres have access to general practitioner services has been issued to family health services authorities and other bodies in health circular HSG 92/42 and local authority circulars 92/15 and 88/15, copies of which are available in the Library.