Doctors

Mrs. Dean

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there are per head of population in (a) Staffordshire and (b) England. [113152]

The number of doctors per head of population in Staffordshire and England is shown in table 1.

Table I: All GP Practitioners¹ and HCHS Medical and Dental staff², per head of population in England, North Staffordshire HA and South Staffordshire HA, as at 30 September 2001
Numbers (headcount)
	All GP practitioners¹	All medical and dental staff²	Population	All GP practitioners per head of population	All medical and dental staff per head of population
England	31,835	68,484	49,181,339	0.001	0.001
Of which:
North Staffordshire HA	256	570	457,013	0.001	0.001
South Staffordshire HA	328	448	590,562	0.001	0.001
¹ All GP Practitioners includes: GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, GP Retainers, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA) and PMS others.
²All medical and dental staff includes Hospital Medical Hospital Practitioners and excludes Hospital Practitioners and Clinical Assistants, most of whom are GPs working part-time in hospitals

Note:

Ratio data rounded to three decimal places.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, Department of Health Medical & Dental workforce census and ONS 2001 resident based population estimates.

The standard ratio used in the Department is per 100,000 of the population. This data is shown in table 2.

Table 2: All GP practitioners¹ and HCHS medical and dental staff², per 100,000 of population in England, North Staffordshire HA and South Staffordshire HA, as at 30 September 2001
Numbers (headcount)
	All GP practitioners¹	All medical and dental staff²	Population	All GP practitioners per 100,000 of population	All medical and dental staff per 100,000 of population
England	31,835	68,484	49,181,339	64.7	139.2
Of which:
North Staffordshire HA	256	570	457,013	56.0	124.7
South Staffordshire HA	323	448	590,562	54.7	75.9
¹ All GP Practitioners includes: CMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, GP Retainers, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA) and PMS others.
² All medical and dental staff includes Hospital Medical Hospital Practitioners and excludes Hospital Practitioners and Clinical Assistants, most of whom are GPs working part-time in hospitals.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics, Department of Health Medical & Dental workforce census and ONS 2001 resident based population estimates.

Volume 405: debated on Monday 19 May 2003