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Mr. John Marshall
To ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the percentage change in the number of doctors within the national health service per 100,000 of population since 1979.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
The requested information is given in the table.
| Hospital and community health service medical staff and general medical practitioners in England | ||
| 1979 | 1988 | |
| Doctors | 61,554·0 | 70,995·0 |
| Population | 46,396·1 | 47,536·3 |
| Doctors per 100,000 | 132·7 | 149·3 |
| Percentage change 1979–88 | — | 12·6 |