HC Deb 04 February 1994 vol 236 c978W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the contractual relationship between the NHS and GP deputising services.

Dr. Mawhinney

It is for individual general practitioners to choose whether to enter into an arrangement with a deputising service, to obtain their family health services authority's consent, and to agree any contractual arrangement with the deputising service.