HC Deb 19 May 1975 vol 892 c308W
Mr. Sillars

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if, following the publication of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body recommendations, he will estimate the annual increase in remuneration of the average general practitioner following the introduction of freely prescribed contraceptives.

Mr. William Ross

In its Fifth Report the Doctors and Dentists' Review Body estimated that with the implementation from 1st July 1975 of the extension of contraceptive services in general practice in the National Health Service, general medical practitioners would in 1975–76 receive an average net income of roughly £250 from contraceptive service fees and other payments in respect of additional general medical service work.