§ Mr. MartlewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will review the decision of the Cumbria family practitioner committee to allow the general practitioner 31W practice of Dickinson, Wheeler and Reed specifically to exclude the area Raffles, and Raffles in Carlisle, from their practice.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyNo. I understand that the practice concerned is in Dalston and some distance from Carlisle in a rural area. This practice has never encouraged people from the urban area to register with it. There are in fact some 40 doctors serving the population of Carlisle, including the two estates.