§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information regarding the income of fundholding and non-fundholding general practitioners is held centrally.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation is available centrally on the aggregate value of fees and allowances and directly reimbursed expenses paid to general practitioners; and on298W the number of general practitioners. These data are collected by family health services authority area and do not separately identify payments to fundholding and non-fundholding general practitioners.
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what information is held centrally regarding the staff employed by general practitioners.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation on the numbers and categories of staff employed by general practitioners is collected bi-annually from family health services authorities and published on a regional basis in "General Medical Services Basic Statistics, England and Wales", copies of which are available in the Library. Details are also collected of the total proportional reimbursements made by FHSAs to general practitioners of the staff costs they incur.
§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list the general practitioner fundholding practices in South Yorkshire; and if she will give the total spent out of the allocation for each practice for 1992–93 and the current year to date.
§ Dr. Mawhinney[pursuant to his reply, 28 March 1994, c. 592]: I regret that my previous reply was incorrect. The information provided should have related to Trent rather than Yorkshire regional health authority. The answer should therefore have read:
There will be 286 fundholding practices in the Trent region from 1 April 1994, covering 44 per cent. of the population. Regional health authorities are responsible for managing the general practitioner fundholding scheme in their areas. For local information about South Yorkshire the hon. Member may wish to contact Sir Michael Carlisle, chairman of the Trent regional health authority.