§ Mr. BarnesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many complaints the Health Service Ombudsman has received about general practitioners removing patients from their practice lists in each of the past five years; how many of these complaints led to investigations; how many investigations led to criticisms of the general practitioners' decisions; and how many patients have then been reinstated on to the lists of the general practitioners concerned. [148152]
§ Ms Rosie WintertonThis information is not held by the Department. The Health Service Ombudsman publishes information about the handling of cases in her 179W annual report, copies of which are available in the Library and on the Ombudsman's website at: www.ombudsman.org.uk
§ Mr. DrewTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what discussions he has had with primary care trusts on night-time cover following the introduction of the new contract for general practitioners. [142259]
§ Mr. HuttonThe Department is working closely with strategic health authorities to ensure that primary care trusts and local providers of out of hours medical services are ready to accommodate the changes arising from the new general medical services contract.