Primary Care Groups

HC Deb 23 November 1999 vol 339 c96W

39. Ms Rosie Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the progress of primary care groups. [98964]

Mr. Denham

481 Primary Care groups have been successfully established since April 1999. 83 per cent. operate at level 2, with a devolved health authority budget of at least 30 per cent.