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Health: GPs

Volume 703: debated on Wednesday 16 July 2008

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many general practitioners there are per head of population in each (a) county, and (b) region in England. [HL4774]

The number of general practitioners per head of population in each primary care trust (PCT) and each strategic health authority (SHA) region is shown in the following table. Information is not available by county.

Number of practitioners per 100,000 population by PCT in England, as at 30 September 2007

Headcount and Population

Practitioner Headcount (excluding registrars and retainers)

Population

Practitioner Headcount (excluding registrars and retainers) per 100,000 population

England

33,364

50,762,945

65.7

Q30

North East SHA

1,779

2,555,708

69.6

5D7

Newcastle PCT

181

270,462

66.9

5D8

North Tyneside PCT

147

195,045

75.4

5D9

Hartlepool PCT

64

91,137

70.2

5E1

North Tees PCT

112

189,141

59.2

5J9

Darlington PCT

70

99,344

70.5

5KF

Gateshead PCT

143

190,461

75.1

5KG

South Tyneside PCT

97

151,020

64.2

5KL

Sunderland Teaching PCT

185

280,593

65.9

5KM

Middlesbrough PCT

97

138,434

70.1

5ND

County Durham PCT

349

500,711

69.7

5QR

Redcar & Cleveland PCT

92

139,494

66.0

TAC

Northumberland Care Trust

242

309,866

78.1

Q31

North West SHA

4,436

6,886,589

64.4

5CC

Blackburn with Darwen PCT

88

141,239

62.3

5F5

Salford PCT

158

218,029

72.5

5F7

Stockport PCT

190

280,619

67.7

5HG

Ashton, Leigh and Wigan PCT

180

305,495

58.9

5HP

Blackpool PCT

89

142,727

62.4

5HQ

Bolton PCT

174

262,442

66.3

5J2

Warrington PCT

118

194,043

60.8

5J4

Knowsley PCT

83

151,302

54.9

5J5

Oldham PCT

129

219,578

58.7

5JX

Bury PCT

106

182,906

58.0

5LH

Tameside and Glossop PCT

134

247,841

54.1

5NE

Cumbria PCT

374

496,151

75.4

5NF

North Lancashire Teaching PCT

201

329,057

61.1

5NG

Central Lancashire PCT

264

451,858

58.4

5NH

East Lancashire Teaching PCT

218

384,805

56.7

5NJ

Sefton PCT

164

277,421

59.1

5NK

Wirral PCT

221

311,210

71.0

5NL

Liverpool PCT

315

436,072

72.2

5NM

Halton & St Helens PCT

185

297,099

62.3

5NN

West Cheshire PCT

180

235,197

76.5

5NP

Central & Eastern Cheshire PCT

290

451,136

64.3

5NQ

Heywood, Middleton & Rochdale PCT

123

206,531

59.6

5NR

Trafford PCT

137

211,847

64.7

5NT

Manchester PCT

315

451,984

69.7

Q32

Yorkshire and Humber SHA

3,460

5,139,965

67.3

5EF

North Lincolnshire PCT

99

155,234

63.8

5H8

Rotherham PCT

151

253,279

59.6

5J6

Calderdale PCT

113

198,535

56.9

5JE

Barnsley PCT

128

223,509

57.3

5N1

Leeds PCT

503

750,249

67.0

5N2

Kirklees PCT

241

398,192

60.5

5N3

Wakefield District PCT

226

321,157

70.4

5N4

Sheffield PCT

399

525,783

75.9

5N5

Doncaster PCT

175

290,298

60.3

5NV

North Yorkshire & York PCT

578

783,337

73.8

5NW

East Riding Of Yorkshire PCT

193

330,878

58.3

5NX

Hull Teaching PCT

153

256,215

59.7

5NY

Bradford & Airedale Teaching PCT

403

493,108

81.7

TAN

North East Lincolnshire Care Trust Plus

98

160,191

61.2

Q33

East Midlands SHA

2,656

4,333,208

61.3

5EM

Nottingham City PCT

191

286,378

66.7

5ET

Bassetlaw PCT

65

111,431

58.3

5N6

Derbyshire County PCT

461

720,652

64.0

5N7

Derby City PCT

161

236,298

68.1

5N8

Nottinghamshire County Teaching PCT

389

657,656

59.1

5N9

Lincolnshire Teaching PCT

415

688,624

60.3

5PA

Leicestershire County & Rutland PCT

383

673,412

56.9

5PC

Leicester City Teaching PCT

193

289,655

66.6

5PD

Northamptonshire Teaching PCT

398

669,102

59.5

Q34

West Midlands SHA

3,432

5,366,694

63.9

5CN

Herefordshire PCT

137

177,816

77.0

5M1

South Birmingham PCT

267

339,112

78.7

5M2

Shropshire County PCT

203

289,274

70.2

5M3

Walsall Teaching PCT

135

254,537

53.0

5MD

Coventry Teaching PCT

200

306,642

65.2

5MK

Telford and Wrekin PCT

96

161,904

59.3

5MV

Wolverhampton City PCT

135

236,613

57.1

5MX

Heart Of Birmingham Teaching PCT

176

271,228

64.9

5PE

Dudley PCT

188

305,253

61.6

5PF

Sandwell PCT

181

287,561

62.9

5PG

Birmingham East & North PCT

248

396,163

62.6

5PH

North Staffordshire PCT

113

211,203

53.5

5PJ

Stoke On Trent Teaching PCT

145

247,563

58.6

5PK

South Staffordshire PCT

349

603,695

57.8

5PL

Worcestershire PCT

398

552,943

72.0

5PM

Warwickshire PCT

318

522,232

60.9

TAM

Solihull Care Trust

143

202,955

70.5

Q35

East England SHA

3,510

5,606,570

62.6

5GC

Luton PCT

103

186,782

55.1

5P1

South East Essex PCT

185

329,598

56.1

5P2

Bedfordshire PCT

255

403,907

63.1

5P3

East & North Hertfordshire PCT

318

527,861

60.2

5P4

West Hertfordshire PCT

352

530,725

66.3

5PN

Peterborough PCT

98

163,265

60.0

5PP

Cambridgeshire PCT

412

589,605

69.9

5PQ

Norfolk PCT

498

739,043

67.4

5PR

Great Yarmouth & Waveney Teaching PCT

142

210,156

67.6

5PT

Suffolk PCT

394

585,281

67.3

5PV

West Essex PCT

171

274,891

62.2

5PW

North East Essex PCT

184

315,461

58.3

5PX

Mid Essex PCT

207

361,655

57.2

5PY

South West Essex Teaching PCT

191

388,340

49.2

Q36

London SHA

4,953

7,512,372

65.9

5A4

Havering PCT

130

227,340

57.2

5A5

Kingston PCT

115

155,917

73.8

5A7

Bromley PCT

203

299,135

67.9

5A8

Greenwich Teaching PCT

140

222,626

62.9

5A9

Barnet PCT

218

328,562

66.3

5AT

Hillingdon PCT

136

249,980

54.4

5C1

Enfield PCT

164

285,303

57.5

5C2

Barking and Dagenham PCT

80

165,681

48.3

5C3

City and Hackney Teaching PCT

192

216,110

88.8

5C4

Tower Hamlets PCT

156

212,804

73.3

5C5

Newham PCT

192

248,383

77.3

5C9

Haringey Teaching PCT

152

225,657

67.4

5H1

Hammersmith and Fulham PCT

109

171,410

63.6

5HX

Ealing PCT

203

306,376

66.3

5HY

Hounslow PCT

129

218,597

59.0

5K5

Brent Teaching PCT

196

271,425

72.2

5K6

Harrow PCT

142

214,573

66.2

5K7

Camden PCT

152

227,453

66.8

5K8

Islington PCT

130

185,488

70.1

5K9

Croydon PCT

214

336,966

63.5

5LA

Kensington and Chelsea PCT

101

178,021

56.7

5LC

Westminster PCT

139

231,874

59.9

5LD

Lambeth PCT

247

271,950

90.8

5LE

Southwark PCT

187

269,184

69.5

5LF

Lewisham PCT

181

255,652

70.8

5LG

Wandsworth PCT

201

278,951

72.1

5M6

Richmond and Twickenham PCT

119

179,509

66.3

5M7

Sutton and Merton PCT

243

382,162

63.6

5NA

Redbridge PCT

126

251,942

50.0

5NC

Waltham Forest PCT

148

221,747

66.7

TAK

Bexley Care Trust

108

221,594

48.7

Q37

South East Coast SHA

2,700

4,236,509

63.7

5L3

Medway PCT

130

251,678

51.7

5LQ

Brighton and Hove City PCT

167

251,428

66.4

5P5

Surrey PCT

718

1,073,478

66.9

5P6

West Sussex Teaching PCT

530

770,784

68.8

5P7

East Sussex Downs & Weald PCT

220

330,148

66.6

5P8

Hastings & Rother PCT

113

176,075

64.2

5P9

West Kent PCT

384

662,435

58.0

5QA

Eastern & Coastal Kent Teaching PCT

438

720,483

60.8

Q38

South Central SHA

2,638

3,995,357

66.0

5CQ

Milton Keynes PCT

145

230,294

63.0

5FE

Portsmouth City Teaching PCT

118

196,379

60.1

5L1

Southampton City PCT

171

228,635

74.8

5QC

Hampshire PCT

805

1,265,916

63.6

5QD

Buckinghamshire PCT

331

500,703

66.1

5QE

Oxfordshire PCT

457

607,248

75.3

5QF

Berkshire West PCT

302

445,351

67.8

5QG

Berkshire East Teaching PCT

222

382,300

58.1

5QT

Isle of Wight Healthcare PCT

87

138,531

62.8

Q39

South West SHA

3,800

5,129,973

74.1

5A3

South Gloucestershire PCT

176

254,395

69.2

5F1

Plymouth Teaching PCT

190

248,103

76.6

5FL

Bath and North East Somerset PCT

124

175,628

70.6

5K3

Swindon PCT

124

192,504

64.4

5M8

North Somerset PCT

129

201,404

64.1

5QH

Gloucestershire PCT

399

578,631

69.0

5QJ

Bristol Teaching PCT

350

410,487

85.3

5QK

Wiltshire PCT

301

448,711

67.1

5QL

Somerset PCT

392

518,637

75.6

5QM

Dorset PCT

292

403,046

72.4

5QN

Bournemouth & Poole Teaching PCT

228

298,038

76.5

5QP

Cornwall & Isles Of Scilly PCT

388

526,369

73.7

5QQ

Devon PCT

603

740,819

81.4

TAL

Torbay Care Trust

104

133,201

78.1