asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average number of patients on the lists of family practitioners, the average annual rate of home visits and surgery consultations per patient between the ages of five and 65 years and the average time spent on each consultation.
The average number of patients on the lists of general medical practitioners in England on 1st October 1977 was 2,331.
The average annual rates of home visits and surgery consultations per patient between the ages of five and 64 inclusive, in Great Britain, were 0·4 and 2·5 respectively, in 1976, the latest year for which figures are available. There is no official statistical information available about the average time spent on each consultation, though I understand a number of sample studies have been made.