§ Mr. CohenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the membership of the Committee which determined the weighted capitation formula, indicating in each case the member's employer and whom the member represents. [66101]
§ Mr. DenhamThe committee which gives advice to Ministers on these issues is the Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation. The list gives the current membership and shows either their National Health Service or other employer, or the organisation they represent. Members from health service bodies are invited to serve the committee in a personal capacity and not as representatives of their employer. 99W
Membership of Advisory Committee on Resource Allocation Name Organisation Professor Sir B. Jarman Emeritus Professor of the Department of General Practice, Imperial College of Medicine Professor K. Judge Professor of Social Policy, Personal Social Services Research Unit, University of Kent Ms R. MacDonald Programme Director, Avon Health Authority Mr. A. Meekings Director of Finance and Performance, NHS Executive, South East Professor P. C. Smith Director of the Health Economics Programme, Centre for Health Economics, University of York Mr. M. Swindells Director of Clinical Services, Heatherwood and Wexham Park Hospital NHS Trust Dr. A. Willis General Practitioner (NHS Primary Care Group Alliance)