HC Deb 15 January 1993 vol 216 c845W
Ms. Lynne

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what is the estimated cost of funding the transfer or redundancy of 680 doctors in London, as envisaged by the Tomlinson report;

(2) if she will publish the detailed reasoning behind the Tomlinson report estimate of £150 million to be spent on developing primary care services; and if she will publish similarly detailed costing of the costs of implementing the Tomlinson report in respect of (a) transfer and redundancy of doctors and (b) capital investment in restructuring hospitals;

(3) what provision has been made in the public expenditure planning totals for 1993–94 to 1995–96 to fund the implementation of the Tomlinson report in respect of (a) transfer and redundancy of doctors, (b) developing primary care services and (c) capital investment in restructuring hospitals.

Dr. Mawhinney

We shall publish our proposals for health services in London in the light of the Tomlinson recommendations, and their financial implications, shortly.