[holding answer 25 April 2008]: Data showing the number of registered patients by region is shown in the following table.
All patients (headcount) England 53,588,174 Q30 North East 2,632,206 Q31 North West 7,229,567 Q32 Yorkshire and the Humber 5,328,651 Q33 East Midlands 4,480,006 Q34 West Midlands 5,684,311 Q35 East of England 5,829,376 Q36 London 8,411,763 Q37 South East Coast 4,454,941 Q38 South Central 4,206,838 Q39 South West 5,330,515 Note: Data as at 30 September 2007. Source: The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.