§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what progress has been made on the introduction of incentive prescribing schemes for non-fundholding practices; which health boards have incentive prescribing schemes already in place or definitely due to start on 1 April and how many practices and list patients will be covered.
§ Lord James Douglas-HamiltonThe indicative prescribing scheme, introduced in April 1992, allows for incentive prescribing schemes to operate in each health board area. To date, no applications from health boards have been formally approved under the indicative prescribing scheme to set up incentive prescribing schemes.