HC Deb 19 February 1996 vol 272 cc44-5W
Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 13 February,Official Report, column 497, if he will give the total numbers of patients on the list of (a) fundholders and (b) non-fundholders in each health authority area; and what weighting he has (i) made and (ii) proposes to make for different age distribution in the population of each health authority using the patient unit formula. [15990]

Mr. Hague

The total number of patients on the lists of fundholders and non-fundholders in each family health services authority area in 1994–95 were:

Number of patients (000)
PHSA Fundholders Non-fundholders
Clwyd 188 238
Dyfed 157 206
Gwent 178 284
Gwynedd 54 196
Mid Glamorgan 120 446
Powys 92 38
South Glamorgan 154 283
West Glamorgan 209 178

These figures are not weighted for age. Figures expressed as prescribing units are not readily available.

Mr. Morgan

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales, pursuant to his answer of 12 February,Official Report, column 478, and to the letter of guidance to South Glamorgan family health services authority on purchasing probity by general practitioner fundholders, what guidance he has issued to the chairman of the University Hospital of Wales NHS trust regarding the need to ensure that consultants employed by it behave with probity and avoid allowing their private activity to interfere with their NHS practice. [15991]

Mr. Hague

None. Guidance on all aspects of the management of private practice in the NHS is contained in the document known as the "Green Book" which was issued in 1986.