§ Mrs. FyfeTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many general practitioner fundholders he expects there to be in each health board area by January 1995; and how many there are currently in each area.
§ Mr. Stewart[holding answer 11 July 1994]: According to the latest information provided by health boards the current number of operational fundholders and estimated numbers by January 1995 are as set out in the table.
Number of GP fundholders currently operational Estimated number of operational GP fundholders by January 1995 Argyll and Clyde 5 5 Ayrshire and Arran 4 4 Borders 2 2 Dumfries and Galloway 1 1 Fife 4 4 Forth Valley 4 5 Grampian 31 31 Greater Glasgow 11 11 Highland 3 3 Lanarkshire 14 15 Lothian 15 18
1High Medium Sparse Year Number of calls Percentage in 14 minutes Number of calls Percentage in 18 minutes Number of calls Percentage in 21 minutes 1993–94 90,604 90 89,078 94 29,464 88 1992–93 87,668 87 87,652 94 28,095 89 1991–92 82,676 87 83,442 93 24,490 88 1990–912 — — — — — — 1989–902 — — — — — — 1The Scottish target times for ambulance response to emergency calls are based on population density and are as follows:
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Density measured in people per acre 95 per cent. of emergency calls responded to in Highly populated > 3 per acre 14 minutes Medium populated < 3 > 0.5 per acre 18 minutes Sparsely populated < 0.5 per acre 21 minutes 2Figures are not available for 1990–91 and 1989–90.
Number of GP fundholders currently operational Estimated number of operational GP fundholders by January 1995 Orkney — — Shetland — — Tayside 9 9 Western Isles — — SCOTLAND 103 108