Article: Patients dissatisfied at two-tier GP funding

Article: Fundholders `not spending savings on patient care'
The Independent - London;  August 31, 1994 ;     632 words ... ... rather than directly on patients, a Labour MP claims ... would be spent on "patient care". GP fundholders are not allowed to ... premises may improve patient care indirectly ... amount of savings that fundholders have amassed has led ...

Article: Exit signs flash for GP fundholders
The Independent - London;  April 30, 1997 ;     700+ words ... ... will upset many fundholders, who claim they ... them on to their patients as service improvements ... of the cost of patients' health care ... admissions, in-patient mental health, maternity, and those patients whose treatment ... comparison between fundholders and non-fundholders ...

Article: How did fundholding doctors respond to the market? (impact of ...
Management Accounting (British);  September 1, 1996 ;     700+ words ... ... hospital in-patient or day-case ... fundholding; 41% of patients in England and ... April 1996, fundholders spend up to 14 ... times for in-patient treatment and ... the number of patients treated Seven ... Staffordshire, became fundholders on 1 April 1991 ... information by patient GP at ...

Article: GP fundholders get pounds 150m to start up
The Independent - London;  February 27, 1995 ;     463 words ... ... start-up costs of GP fundholders, it is claimed today ... England and Wales are now fundholders. There is growing evidence that their patients get priority in obtaining ... said that while non-fundholders can only claim half of ...

Article: GP fundholders given hope of budget reprieve
The Independent - London;  March 27, 1997 ;     550 words ... ... stop the plans by some GP fundholders. John Chisholm, deputy chairman ... doctors are now voluntary fundholders who would be hit by Labour ... ending the system under which fundholders can enable patients in effect to jump the queues ...

Article: LETTER:Searching for evidence about GP fundholders
The Independent - London;  June 5, 1995 ;     401 words ... ... fundholding works at the expense of the non-fundholders. Fundholding patients compete for hospital resources and are sometimes ... money to the hospital trust. If all GPs became fundholders, all would compete equally. No one would be ...

Article: GP fundholders must produce annual reports
The Independent - London;  October 21, 1994 ;     361 words ... ... FORMAL system of accountability for GP fundholders was pledged by Virginia Bottomley ... their treatment plans and consult with patients over services. Mrs Bottomley said that ... relaxation in the rules which govern what GP fundholders can do with financial savings or surpluses ...