§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what measure Her Majesty's Government have of excessive use of deputising services in primary medical care by family practitioners in the context of the family practitioner service in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsNo central records are held and it is for each family practitioner committee to monitor the usage of deputising services in its locality. Guidance on deputising arrangements was issued to FPCs in April 1978. Earlier this year FPCs were asked to undertaken a review of deputising services in their localities and their responses are now being considered.