§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the ratio between the administrative cost borne by family health services authorities in relation to non-fundholding practices and fundholding practices; and what administrative duties are performed by the FHSAs for non-fundholding practices which are not performed for fundholding practices.
§ Mr. MaloneFamily health services authority administrative costs are not disaggregated between non-fundholding and fundholding practices. In relation to the provision of general medical services, FHSAs perform the same administrative duties for all general practitioners, non-fundholders and fundholders alike.
District health authorities perform fewer duties for fundholding practices, because those practices purchase for themselves some health services hitherto purchased entirely by DHAs for all GPs.
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