§ Mr. HurstTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the cost to the national health service in payments for general practitioners for maintaining a night call out service for patients in each year from 1974 to 2003. [173636]
§ Mr. HuttonIn 1974, £18.4 million is recorded has having been spent on payments to general medical service (QMS) general practitioners for out-of-hours responsibilities. In 2003, the total expenditure is recorded as £112.3 million. The full data is shown in the following tables.
Payments for out-of-hours services by general medical practitioners1 England 1973–74 to 2002–03 Amount (£000) 1973–74 16,080 1974–75 18,432 1975–76 23,918 1976–77 26,043 1977–78 26,160 1978–79 30,599 1979–80 36,348 1980–81 49,464 1981–82 56,052 1982–83 62,500 1983–84 65,762 1984–85 75,138 1985–86 81,251 1986–87 84,010 1987–88 92,255 1988–89 103,645 1989–90 112,980 1990–91 56,106
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Amount (£) 1991–92 60,399,212 1992–93 59,714,582 1993–94 67,390,011 1994–95 63,081,368 1995–96 82,604,687 1996–97 128,292,714
Amount (£) 1997–98 126,587,811 1998–99 127,312,395 1999–2000 129,849,905 2000–01 128,869,510 2001–02 118,638,953 2002–03 112,315,234 Note: 1Data for QMS only. Sources: 1. Figures are taken from the relevant summarised accounts for 1973–74 to 1990–91. 2. Annual financial returns of district and regional health authorities and the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals, 1991–92 to 1995–96. 3. Annual financial returns of health authorities, 1996–97 to 2001–02. 4. Annual financial returns of strategic health authorities, 2002–03. 5. Annual financial returns of primary care trusts, 2000–01 to 2002–03.