§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what independent evaluations into(a) the cost-effectiveness, (b) the impact on equity of treatment and (c) the effect on bureaucracy of fundholding have been commissioned; and which of them have been published.
§ Mr. MaloneWe welcome the recent independent evaluations of the benefits of general practitioner fundholding. These include: "Evaluating the NHS Reforms", Kings Fund Institute 1994; "Implementing GP Fundholding", Howard Glennester et al. 1994; and the "OECD Economic Survey 1993–94: United Kingdom". On 20 December, my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State announced a review of bureaucracy in general practice.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what information she has about the number of hours general practitioners spent on paperwork in March 1991 and currently;
(2) what information she has about differences in time spent on paperwork between general practitioners in fundholding and in non-fundholding practices.
§ Mr. MaloneInformation in the form requested is not available.