§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of total National Health Service expenditure has been expended upon general medical services and primary medical care in each of the past 10 years.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe percentages for England, on the basis noted as follows, are:
Per cent. 1972–73 12.1 1973–74 11.8 1974–75 12.5 1975–76 12.6 1976–77 11.1 1977–78 10.9 1978–79 10.9 1979–80 11.1 1980–81 11.4 1981–82 11.5 1. Based on information supplied by health and local authorities in their annual accounts.
2. Current expenditures on the General Medical and Community Health Services (general medical practitioners, health centres, clinics, district nurses and midwives, health visitors, preventive services etc.) have been compared with total capital and revenue expenditures reported by authorities including the Dental Estimates Board and the Prescription Pricing Authority.
3. Some estimation has been necessary in establishing figures for the years before April 1974 when the NHS was reorganised.