§ Mr. BayleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what average level of funding per capita has been allocated for 1994–95 to fundholding general practitioner practices in(a) England and (b) each regional health authority to enable fundholding practices to purchase those services covered by the fundholding regulations.
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§ Dr. MawhinneyRegional information on average fundholder budget allocations per capita is not directly comparable because of variations locally in the methods of compiling fundholder population data and differences in regional information systems. In addition, variations in average budgets per patient between regions are influenced by a number of factors, including differences in the age structures and relative levels of morbidity of regions, variations in local provider prices, as well as differences in historic referral and prescribing levels between practices in the scheme.
With these caveats, the following table shows estimated average budget allocations per patient made by regional health authorities to general practitioner fundholders in 1994–95.
Estimated average budget allocations per patient made by regional health authorities to general practitioner fundholders in 1994–95 Region 1994–95 £ Northern and Yorkshire 180 Trent 160 Anglia and Oxford 160 North Thames 150 South Thames 160 South and West 160 West Midlands 160 North West 170 England 160