§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the partnership sizes of general practitioners in the Liverpool special areas; and how these compare with the national pattern.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation for the Liverpool special areas is not available centrally.
At 1 October 1982 partnership sizes of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in the Liverpool family practitioner committee area and in England as a whole, were as follows:
(2) whether efforts are being made to persuade general practitioners in the Liverpool special areas to make use of health centre facilities;
117W(3) how many general practitioners in the Liverpool special areas are practising in partnership with a spouse;
(4) of those general practitioners practising in the Liverpool special areas in partnership with a spouse, what are the list sizes of the respective members of each couple; and if such couples are in receipt of the full practice allowance;
(5) what proportion of general practitioners practising in the Liverpool special areas make use of emergency deputising services; and to what extent;
(6) how many general practitioners in the Liverpool special areas are practising from unsatisfactory premises; what inspections have taken place by the family practitioner committee of such premises; and with what results.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThis information is not held centrally. I have asked the Liverpool family practitioner committee to write to the hon. Member giving such information as their obligations of confidentiality permit.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average net remuneration of general practitioners in the Liverpool special areas.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe information requested is not available centrally. However, the intended average net remuneration of general medical practitioners working in the NHS in Great Britain for 1983–84 has been set at £20,160 from 1 April 1983 to 31 December 1983 and at £20,670 from 1 January 1984.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many general practitioners practising in the Liverpool special areas are over the age of (a) 65 years and (b) 70 years.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation for Liverpool special areas is not available centrally. At 1 October 1982, the provisional calculated number of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in the Liverpool family practitioner committee area who were aged over 65 years was 40, of whom 12 were aged 70 years or over.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the list sizes of general practitioners in the special areas of Liverpool.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation for the Liverpool special areas is not available centrally.
At 1 October 1982, the average list size of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in the Liverpool family practitioner committee area was 2,087. These are provisionally calculated figures only.
§ Mr. Parryasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will take steps to establish salaried posts in general practice in the Liverpool special areas.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeNo. The Government remain firmly committed to the principle of independent contractor status for general medical practitioners. A general medical practitioner may, at his own discretion, employ a salaried assistant subject, in certain circumstances, to the consent of the family practitioner committee on whose list he is, or, on appeal, to the medical practices committee.