§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many home helps have been employed in (a) the west midlands region and (b) Wolverhampton during each of the last five years; and what rate per thousand of retired people these figures represent.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply 4 February 1983, c. 219]: The number of home helps—whole-time equivalent—employed in the west midlands and in Wolverhampton at 30 September in the last five years is as follows:
Leonard's hospital in Hoxton, if he will make additional resources available to ensure that there is a complementary increase in the provision of general practitioners in Hackney.
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§ Mr. Kenneth Clarke[pursuant to his reply, 14 February 1983, c. 37]: The admission of general medical practitioners to the medical list of a family practitioner committee is a matter for the Medical Practices Committee. It is not answerable to the Government for its decisions. My right hon. Friend the Secretary of State merely provides such resources as are necessary to fund admissions that the MPC has authorised.
The Government have recently committed £3 million of central finance for improvements to primary care in inner city areas and I intend to make a statement soon about the application of that money.