§ Mr. Pawseyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether restrictions are being placed on the reimbursement of staff employment costs to general medical practitioners in 1982–83, in the light of the Government's 4 per cent. limit for most National Health Service employees.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWhere his employee has been accepted under the general medical practitioners' ancillary staff scheme, the doctor is entitled under his conditions of remuneration to claim 70 per cent. reimbursement of the salary paid. The Government have not sought to renegotiate that entitlement. Practice expenses which are not directly reimbursed to doctors, including labour costs, are taken into account by the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body in recommending the level of the various fees and allowances paid to general medical practitioners. The Government have accepted the Review Body's recommendations for 1982–83 in so far as they concern the indirect reimbursement of practice expenses.