HC Deb 02 February 1994 vol 236 cc717-8W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement about the employment conditions and the security of employment for nurses affected by the decision of fundholding general practitioners practices purchasing services from provider units many miles from normal catchment areas.

Dr. Mawhinney

This is a matter for local contractual arrangements between individual nurses and their employers.

Mr. Nicholas Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement about the purchasing patterns of fundholding practices in the Macclesfield parliamentary constituency.

Dr. Mawhinney

In Macclesfield, as elsewhere, fundholders are using their purchasing power to achieve the highest standards of patient care whilst obtaining value for money for the national health service. Service improvements include the establishment of in-house clinics for dermatology and physiotherapy.