§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner fundholding practices there were in each family health service authorities and regional health authority in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. MaloneThe available information will be placed in the Library.
§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were de-registered from general practitioners lists in total and at the request of the general practitioner broken down by family health service authority, by regional health authority and separating fundholding from non-fundholding general practitioners in each of the last four years.
§ Mr. MaloneI refer the right hon. Member to the reply that my hon. Friend the Under-Secretary of State gave to the hon. Member for Ynys Mon (Mr. Jones) on 19 July 1994, columns367–68, and the replies that I gave to the hon. Member for Darlington (Mr. Milburn) on 24 October 1994, column 449 and on 9 December 1994, column 400.
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§ Mrs. BeckettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what evidence her Department has, and what representations it has received, on a link between the amount of general practitioner fundholding and the level of patient de-registration.
§ Mr. MaloneNone.