§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many family practitioner committees have computerised record systems; how many more will have them by the end of 1984–85; how many are still using manual records, indicating how many family practitioner committees in each category have to relate to one, two, three, four, five or six district health authorities, respectively; and in how many cases more than one family practitioner committee relates to a single district health authority.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeOf the 90 family practitioner committees in England, 12 have computers for patient registration and 15 more are likely to have full or partial systems by the end of this financial year. Manual registration records are maintained in the other 63 areas though some use micro computers for financial and administrative work.
Of the FPCs having computerised registers, six relate to one district health authority, and two each relate to two, three and four districts. Of the possible users by March 1985, six relate to one district; four to two and three districts; and one to four. Of the FPCs using manual systems, 28 relate to one district; 14 to two; 11 to three; four each to four and five; and one each to six and seven.
Fourteen district health authorities relate to more than one FPC.