§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list those general practitioners who will become fundholders in each region on 1 April.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThis information is not available centrally. Regional health authorities manage the general practitioner fundholding scheme and are responsible for admitting practices to the scheme.
§ Mr. Kevin HughesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the procedure for the continuing treatment of patients when a GP fundholder has overspent his budget and therefore run out of funds.
§ Dr. MawhinneyPatients of general practitioner fundholders will not suffer because a fundholder overspends his budget. Any overspending will be met from regional health authority contingencies, but where overspending is the result of mismanagement the GP fundholder may have fundholding status withdrawn.