§ Ms Glenda JacksonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her oral statement of 20 February,Official Report, column 40, regarding further investment in primary care initiatives of £85 million in London, if she will list the areas which will receive it, the amounts that they will receive and the initiatives that will be funded.
§ Mr. MaloneThe areas are those covered by the London initiative zone—LIZ:
- Brent (excluding Harrow)
421 - Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow
- Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster
- Barking (excluding Havering)
- Camden and Islington
- City and East London
- Eastern Enfield and Edmonton area of Haringey
- Waltham Forest (excluding Redbridge)
- Greenwich (excluding Bexley but including Thamesmead)
- Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham
- Wandsworth (excluding Sutton and Merton)
- North Croydon
The amount of funding each area receives will be determined by North and South Thames regional health authorities and will he based on plans submitted by local health authorities.
The investment will fund a wide range of primary and community care schemes, details of which can be obtained from local health authorities. A total of £10 million of the investment will be specifically allocated to develop a new educational programme for London general practitioners as I announced on 16 February 1995. Details of the schemes which will form part of this programme can be obtained from the Thames regional health authorities.