HC Deb 08 December 1989 vol 163 cc436-7W
Mr. Kirkwood

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) if he will indicate how much additional money he has recommended to the doctors and dentists review body as the sum needed to take into account the extra work for general practices arising from the new contract;

(2) if he will publish his Department's evidence to the doctors and dentists review body.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

No. There is a long-standing agreement between the parties concerned that evidence to the doctors and dentists review body is not published until after the Government have announced their decisions on the recommendations made by the review body.