§ 52. Sir J. D. REESasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East, as representing the Insurance Commissioners, whether any doctors in Great Britain have as many as 7,000 patients upon their panel?
§ 54. Mr. F. WHYTEasked the hon. Member for St. George's-in-the-East if he will state what is the maximum number of insured persons on the list of any single panel doctor?
§ Mr. WEDGWOOD BENN (Lord of the Treasury)The maximum number of insured persons on the list of any single doctor on the panel in Great Britain is 5,455.
§ Mr. F. WHYTEDo the figures in the answer just given relate to the case of a single doctor working alone, or to a practitioner with one or more assistants?
§ Mr. W. BENNThe doctor in question is the only doctor on the panel in respect of these patients, and he has at least one assistant.