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Doctors (Estimated Need)

Volume 721: debated on Monday 29 November 1965

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asked the Minister of Health what is the estimated number of doctors which will be required in Great Britain in five years time.

The National Plan states that 64,000 doctors are expected to be practising in Great Britain in 1970. While estimates of numbers needed vary according to the assumptions used, this is also the approximate number required if the number of doctors is to keep pace with the anticipated growth of population.