HC Deb 27 January 1998 vol 305 c197W
20. Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff his Department anticipates will be made redundant as a result of the ending of general practitioner fundholding. [23435]

Mr. Milburn

In our White Paper "The New NHS" we said we would discuss transitional arrangements with those concerned. This includes arrangements for fundholding staff to enable those skilled in primary care commissioning to be retained wherever possible at the practice, Primary Care Group or health authority level.