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5 BOTTOMLEY PRAISES GP FUND-HOLDERS j
5 Health Secretary Virginia Bottomljy j
5 has said she wants all GPs to j
5 become fund-holders. j
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5 "GP fund-holders have been able to j
5 usj the monjy GPs spend more j
5 shrewdly and more effectively to j
5 ensure that services are j
5 developed," she told BBC Radio. j
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5 Shj added that about a third of j
5 GPs had become fund-holders under j
5 thj voluntary scheme. j
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5 Mrs Bottomley rejected the view j
5 that patients of non-fund-holding j
5 doctors were second class patients. j
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