GP Fundholders (Hansard, 30 March 1994)

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many fundholders have informed her that they would go private if the system were ended.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
The recent Kings Fund Institute report, "Evaluating the NHS Reforms", states that the abandonment of fundholding…would probably lead to a substantial exodus from the NHS of fundholders setting up private insurance based HMOs".
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§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence she has that non-fundholding general practitioners plan to go private.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
None.

§ Ms Primarolo
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the provisional figures for(a) the total general practitioner fundholding budget, (b) the total savings in real terms and (c) the total management cost of general practitioner fundholding in real terms in 1992–93.

§ Dr. Mawhinney
Provisional figures suggest that in 1992–93 general practitioner fundholders achieved savings of £30 million on budgets totalling about £805 million. The management allowance costs for these fundholders was about £19 million.