HC Deb 23 April 1985 vol 77 cc405-6W
Mrs. Renée Short

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services when he next plans to meet representatives of the Medical Defence Union to discuss improvements to the present procedures involved in asking National Health Service patients to attend for follow-up checks.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

We have no plans to do so.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The annual financial accounts of health authorities in England show total expenditure on general medical services in the perioyyd 1 April 1978 to 31 March 1984 as £3.86 billion. Expenditure by authorities in the west midlands region was 10.67 per cent. of that total.