§ Mr. David PorterTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what monitoring her Department is doing into the effectiveness of local GP out-of-hours cover co-operatives and their cost-efficiency; if she has plans to reimburse in528W full GPs who join such local experiments; and if she will make a statement.
§ Mr. MaloneIndividual family health services authorities are responsible for monitoring the provision and standard of general medical services within their localities.
We are continuing to discuss the development of out-of-hours services with the profession, including appropriate reimbursement for providing those services.