§ Mrs. Margaret EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the number of patients in each health board in Scotland on the lists of the 41 practices in Scotland referred to in his answer of 20 March,Official Report, column 580, to have declared an interest in applying for budgetary status.
§ Mr. Michael ForsythThe number of practices in Scotland that have so far indicated an interest in the general practitioner funding scheme has subsequently risen to 46. The information is set out in the following table.
Health board Expressions of interest Patients covered '000s Ayr and Arran 4 48.0 Argyll and Clyde 4 35.6 Dumfries and Galloway 2 21.2 Forth Valley 1 10.2 Grampian 14 149.6 Lanarkshire 3 32.5 Lothian 6 44.0 Greater Glasgow 4 31.5 Tayside 8 53.1 Fife 1 8.0 TOTAL 46 433.7