HC Deb 08 July 1957 vol 573 c8W
66. Mr. Blenkinsop

asked the Minister of Health how many doctors are acting as assistants to general practitioners as at the latest available date; and how many have been in this position for two years or more.

Mr. Vaughan-Morgan

On 1st July, 1956, there were in England and Wales 1,546 doctors acting as assistants to general practitioners in the National Health Service; 649 of them had been assistants for two years or more, 539 with the same principal.