GP Fundholders (Hansard, 7 July 1994)

§ Mr. Austin-Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to monitor the spending of funds by GP fundholders.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
Family health services authorities have statutory responsibility for monitoring expenditure by general practitioner fundholders.

§ Mr. Austin-Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list by health authority and region the underspend or surplus carried forward by GP fundholders in the financial years 1992–93 and 1993–94.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
Final audited figures for 1992–93 and 1993–94 are not yet available.

§ Mr. Austin-Walker
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will define patient care in relation to items upon which GP fundholders may spend their financial allocation; and if she will make a statement.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
The National Health Service (Fund-holding Practices) Regulations 1993 define the range of services general practitioner fundholders may purchase on behalf of their patients. Copies of the regulations are available in the Library.