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Mrs. Margaret Ewing
To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many budget-holding practice groups he envisages being in operation by April 1991.
Mr. Michael Forsyth
Health boards are conducting discussions with the practices that have expressed an interest in the general practitioner funding scheme with a view to determining which of them are suitable for undertaking the necessary preparatory work. It is not possible to anticipate how many fund holders will be in place for April 1991.