HC Deb 21 March 1997 vol 292 cc1029-30W
Mr. David Atkinson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the effect of his Department's policies on the residents of Bournemouth since 1992, with special reference to the effects of changes in the resources provided in real terms. [14951]

Mr. Horam

Bournemouth has benefited from the increases in the real resources available to the national health service which the Government has made available every year since 1979.

Since 1991, the number of general practitioners in Dorset has increased by 10 per cent. and 50 per cent. of the population of Dorset are currently served by a fundholding GP.

Dorset health authority's integrated allocation for the financial year 1997–98 will be £329.6 million, a real terms increase of £6.1 million over the last year's allocation.

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