§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answers of 9 and 11 May,Official Report, columns 409–10 and 574, (1) if she will make a statement on the relationship between the reductions in treatment costs and length of stay in hospital between 1982–83 and 1992–93; [25904]
(2) if she will make a statement on the average cost of treating an acute patient contained in the departmental report, Cm 2812, between 1982–83 and 1990–91. [25903]
GP fundholding scheme by region—1994–95 Region Number of funds Number of fundholding practices Number of fundholding GPs Percentage of GPs1 that are fundholders Population served by a fundholding GP (percentage) Northern and Yorkshire 265 321 1,500 41 40 Trent 237 314 1,138 45 48 Oxford and Anglia 208 233 1,145 40 43 North Thames 270 373 1,292 34 40 South Thames 290 383 1,507 42 44 South and West 200 230 1,180 31 33 West Midlands 285 405 1,399 50 51 North West 252 344 1,249 37 37 England 2,007 2,603 10,410 39 41 Source:
Estimates from regional health authorities
Note:
1 Unrestricted principals taken from April 1994 GP Census.
§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner fundholders have contracted with(a) NHS trusts and (b) district health authorities for (i) health visiting services and (ii) community psychiatric nursing services in each of the last five years. [25759]
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§ Mr. SackvilleOver the 10-year period from 1982–83 there has been a shift towards day case treatments and shorter hospital stays. These changes reflect improving clinical practice and have brought benefits to patients, who recover better at home with their families, and economic advantages to the national health service, which can treat more patients within the same resources, while maintaining high standards of care.