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Mr. Onslow
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reductions there have been in each of the districts within the Surrey Area Health Authority area in the number of referrals from GPs since the start of the consultants' work-to-contract.
Dr. Owen
The number of referrals from GPs in January 1975 compared with January 1974 is as follows:
| District | January 1974 | January 1975 |
| North Surrey | 380 | 377 |
| Mid-Surrey | 266 | 251 |
| West Surrey and North-East Hampshire | 845 | 794 |
| South-West Surrey | 501 | 472 |
| North-West Surrey | 210 | 174 |
Mr. Onslow
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what reduction there has been in each of the districts within the Surrey AHA area in the number of operations performed weekly since the start of the consultants' work-to-contract.
Dr. Owen
The number of operations performed in January 1975 compared with January 1974 is as follows:
| District | January 1974 | January 1975 |
| North Surrey | 135 | 119 |
| Mid-Surrey | 127 | 109 |
| West Surrey and North-East Hampshire | 281 | 262 |
| South-West Surrey | 227 | 217 |
| North-West Surrey | 130 | 105 |
| Average daily number of beds occupied | Average weekly number of admissions | |||||||||
| District | January 1974 | January 1975 | January 1974 | January 1975 | ||||||
| North Surrey | … | … | … | … | … | … | 372 | 356 | 239 | 221 |
| Mid-Surrey | … | … | … | … | … | … | 355 | 338 | 315 | 390 |
| West Surrey and North-East Hampshire | … | … | 1,545 | 1,647 | 363 | 415 | ||||
| South-West Surrey | … | … | … | … | … | 501 | 472 | 390 | 351 | |
| North-West Surrey | … | … | … | … | … | 205 | 193 | 202 | 192 | |
| No figures are available for the East Surrey District. | ||||||||||