Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Health – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 1 February 2000.
Mrs Diana Organ
Labour, Forest of Dean
12:00,
1 February 2000
Does my hon. Friend agree that the introduction of primary care trusts and groups has led to increased effectiveness and efficiency in the use of NHS resources? However, in Gloucestershire several primary care groups that want to develop into trusts face funding problems due to Gloucestershire health authority's funding difficulties last year. What reassurances can my hon. Friend give to the primary care group in the Forest of Dean that it will receive sufficient funding in future to be effective, efficient and successful and to consider being developed into a primary care trust?