HC Deb 09 March 1977 vol 927 cc551-2W
Mr. Cyril Smith

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the ratio of practising general practitioners per head of population in each of the regional health authorities of England.

Mr. Moyle

At 1st July 1976 the numbers of doctors providing the full range of general medical services per 100,000 population were as follows:—

Northern 42
Yorkshire 43
Trent 41
East Anglia 44
North West Thames 49
North East Thames 47
South East Thames 46
South West Thames 46
Wessex 46
Oxford 44
South Western 47
West Midlands 43
Mersey 42
North Western 42