§ Mr. Bill WalkerTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will give the details of Scottish general practitioners who, in the last 10 years, have been in breach of their services and conditions and who have been subjected to disciplinary measures; and if he will list where they were in practice at the time and where they are in practice today.
§ Mr. Michael Forsyth[holding answer 19 June 1989]: Complaints about practitioners who are in contract with health boards to provide general medical or dental services are dealt with through the service committee procedures set out in the National Health Service (Service Committee and Tribunal) (Scotland) Regulations 1974. Service committee procedures are not disciplinary measures as such, but provide for the investigation of complaints that practitioners may have breached the terms of service of their contract. These complaints cover a wide variety of