Primary Care Groups and Maternity Services (Hansard, 25 January 2000)

HL Deb 25 January 2000 vol 608 c181WA 181WA

§ Lord Clement-Jones
asked Her Majesty's Government:
What guidance they have given to primary care groups on the commissioning of maternity services. [HL589]

§ Lord Hunt of Kings Heath
Primary care groups, working with health authorities and others, will decide how best to respond to national priorities and local needs within their health improvement programme. This in turn sets the framework within which the health authority and its primary care groups can commission services. Specific guidance was issued in October 1998 (HSC 1998/198), which set out the new arrangements for commissioning all health services, including maternity services.