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Mr. Steinberg
To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by region the ratio of patients to general practitioners in the United Kingdom.
Mrs. Virginia Bottomley
The information requested is given in the table which relates to the average list sizes in England at 1 April 1991, the latest date for which figures are available. The information relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales, for Scotland and for Northern Ireland.
Region | Average list size |
Northern | 1,916 |
Yorkshire | 1,894 |
Trent | 1,985 |
East Anglia | 1,820 |
North West Thames | 2,036 |
North East Thames | 2,015 |
South East Thames | 1,977 |
South West Thames | 1,991 |
Wessex | 1,824 |
Oxford | 1,887 |
South Western | 1,763 |
West Midlands | 1,969 |
Mersey | 1,992 |
North Western | 1,778 |