HC Deb 31 October 1994 vol 248 cc900-1W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what plans she has to decrease bureaucratic requirements on general practitioners.

Mr. Malone

In 1991 we set up a working group on unnecessary bureaucracy, made up of representatives of the general medical services committee, family health services authorities and the Department of Health. It recommended a number of improvements to claim forms and guidance on simplified procedures. These were implemented in June 1991.

All subsequent changes to the general practitioner contract have been made in consultation with representatives of the profession. Among other considerations, these consultations ensure that the profession's views on such changes are fully addressed and that bureaucracy is kept to a minimum.

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