HC Deb 22 October 2002 vol 391 cc259-60W
Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what arrangements for profit-related pay and bonuses have been made for senior executives of the Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT. [75514]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 21 October 2002]: I am advised by Surrey & Sussex Strategic Health Authority that no performance related pay or bonuses have been paid to senior executives at Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust.

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners left their positions in the Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT area in the last year; and why. [75500]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 21 October 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table.

Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)1Leavers in England and Adur, Arun & amp Worthing PCT: 2000–01
Numbers
Sept 2000–Sept200l2
England 1313
of which:
Adur, Arun & Worthing PCT 7

Notes:

1 UPEs includes GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried.

2 Leavers are defined as those UPEs reported in the Department of Health's annual GP census in one year but not in the following year.

Leavers will include both career breaks and wastage.

Data based on censuses as at 30 September 2000 & 2001

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services

Statistics.

Information on the reasons for leaving is not collected.

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners vacancies are open in the Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT area. [75501]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 21 October 2002]: The information requested is not collected centrally.