§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what new measures she proposes to relieve the work pressure and work load on general practitioners in the light of the recent report by the Audit Commission; and if she will make a statement.
§ Dr. MawhinneyWe continue to take forward, in consultation with the profession, ways of reducing pressures in general practitioners' work load.
§ Mrs. Jane KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been removed from the lists of(a) non-fundholding general practitioners and (b) fundholding general practitioners, for each family health service authority in Merseyside, in each year since 1990.
§ Dr. MawhinneyFamily health services authorities are not required to record the fundholding status of general practitioners when dealing with a request to remove a patient's name from a doctor's list.
§ Mrs. Jane KennedyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what guidelines are issued to general practitioners566W concerning the removal of patients from their lists; and what rights of redress patients have who have been removed from their general practitioner's list.
§ Dr. MawhinneyNone.