§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will list, by region, the allocation for general practitioner fundholding for prescribing in(a) 1990–91, (b) 1991–92, (c) 1992–93 and (d) 1993–94.
§ Dr. MawhinneyGeneral practitioner fundholding commenced in April 1991; prescribing allocations for the years since then are shown in the table. Fundholding practices may vire between the prescribing elements of their budgets and those for staff costs and hospital and community health services.
Fundholding prescribing allocations Cash Region 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Northern 15,934,291 26,141,569 47,885,444 Yorkshire 20,493,035 40,091,223 72,853,258 Trent 14,728,729 33,489,726 84,915,707 East Anglia 5,378,891 9,201,810 31,167,885 North West Thames 9,791,918 21,828,519 47,730,650 North East Thames 5,449,000 10,991,000 24,835,826 South East Thames 7,353,300 15,792,100 47,178,307 South West Thames 8,764,415 20,177,992 38,200,663 Wessex 8,732,605 21,727,541 37,730,212 Oxford 13,020,177 26,606,056 43,867,848 South western 9,912,110 22,241,703 40,893,887 West Midlands 14,183,746 34,587,254 79,716,686 Mersey 11,626,278 26,484,731 53,510,834 North western 9,476,185 19,293,355 43,645,118 TOTAL 154,844,679 328,654,579 694,132,325
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number of general practitioner non-fundholding practices in each region; what percentage of regional total of general practitioner practices this represents; and what percentage of the regional population they serve.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe table gives the requested information as at 1 October 1993 when 75 per cent. of the422W population was served by non-fundholding general practitioners. On 1 April 1994 this was reduced to 65 per cent. as a further 805 practices joined the fundholding scheme.
Region Number of non-fundholding practices1 Percentage of all practices1 Percentage of population served1 Northern 451 86 76 Yorkshire 553 82 67 Trent 693 81 69 East Anglia 248 83 75 North West Thames 723 88 73 North East Thames 853 94 86 South East Thames 688 89 79 South West Thames 449 87 76 Wessex 385 87 78 Oxford 306 80 66 South Western 496 87 80 West Midlands 925 87 74 Mersey 341 77 65 North western 796 91 83 1 The figures are based on numbers of practices at 1 October 1993.