§ Mr. HinchliffeTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many hospice beds there have been in each health authority area in each of the last 10 years.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is shown in the table.
practioners does not separately identify the fundholding status of the doctor.
§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to introduce a statutory obligation on fundholders to publish their accounts.
§ Mr. MaloneGeneral practitioner fundholders are already required under section 98(2B)(c) of the National Health Service Act 1977, as amended by Section 20(2)(b) of the National Health Service and Community Care Act 1990, to produce annual accounts to the relevant family health services authority. These accounts are public documents and are available on request.