General Practitioners: Yorkshire and Humberside Mr. Graham Stuart To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs were in practice in the Beverley and Holderness constituency in each of the last 10 years; and if he will make a statement. Ann Keen The following table shows general medical practitioners (GMPs) (excluding retainers and registrars)1 by specified area, as at 1997 to 2006. --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Number (headcount) | --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | |1997|1998|1999|2000|2001|2002|2003|2004|2005|2006| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |General practitioners (GPs)1 |309|307|307|306|315|313|332|325|344|346| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- | ||||||||||| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding of Yorkshire PCT |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|168|171|186|179|190|190| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |Hull PCT |n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|147|142|146|146|154|156| 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--------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |East Riding and Hull HA |309|307|307|306|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a|n/a| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- |n/a = data not available1 GMPs (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP Providers and GP OthersNotes:1. Data as at 1 October 1997-99, 30 September 2000-06.2. Data presented for organisations in existence in the specified years.3. Beverley and Holderness constituency is contained within East Riding of Yorkshire PCT and previously to this East Riding and Hull HA.4. Hull PCT has been added for comparability purposesSource:The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics| --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Work force planning is a matter for local national health service organisations as they are best placed to assess the health needs of their local health communities. The NHS Plan target of 2,000 more GPs over the 1999 baseline was achieved in 2004. There are now more GPs in the NHS than ever before. This reflects the Government's record investment in primary care and commitment to expanding the GP work force.