§ Dr. GibsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health whether the new(a) GP and (b) dental contracts will include provision for compulsory clinical negligence indemnity; and if he will make a statement. [124028]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonGeneral medical and dental practitioners working under local contracts are already obliged to carry indemnity cover by their contracts with primary care trusts. Practice providers of primary medical services under a general medical services contract will also be required to ensure indemnity cover for the practice as a result of the new contracts they will122W hold with primary care trusts from April 2004. Similar provision is expected under the new general dental services contracts.