§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Minister for Women what action she has taken to ensure equality in the proportion of female GPs to male GPs in partnerships. [118503]
§ Mr. HuttonI have been asked to reply.
Partnerships provide a legal framework within which general practitioners, as independent, self-employed professionals, organise themselves to provide general and personal medical services. The Government is committed to equality for female GPs and the new general medical services contract, if accepted, facilitates good human resource practice and improved working lives for all general practitioners, including a wider range of employment options.