§ Mr. PatchettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners in the Barnsley, East constituency are NHS fundholders; and what plans she has to make it obligatory for general practitioners who are fundholders to inform their patients of their status.
§ Dr. MawhinneyRegional health authorities are responsible for managing the general practitioner
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§ Mr. SackvilleThe information is shown in the table. The figures for 1994–95 reflect the position for the present regional health authorities which will result from the allocations detailed by my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State in her reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Calder Valley (Sir D. Thompson) on 7 December 1993 at columns198–200.
fundholding scheme in their areas and only regional information is available centrally. For local information in the Yorkshire region the hon. Member may wish to contact Sir Bryan Askew, chairman of the Yorkshire regional health authority.
We would expect GP fundholders to inform patients about their fundholding status in the most appropriate way, and the National Health Service Management Executive has produced a patient information leaflet to assist with this, copies of which are available in the Library.