HC Deb 20 April 1964 vol 693 c126W
59. Dr. Dickson Mabon

asked the Minister of Health what was the ratio of patients to general practitioners in the National Health Service in England and Wales for each of the years 1949 to 1963.

Mr. Braine

The information is as follows:

Average number of patients per principal providing unrestricted general medical services in England and Wales
1st January, 1950 2,520 (estimated)
1st July, 1952 2,436
1st July, 1953 2,324
1st July, 1954 2,293
1st July, 1955 2,283
1st July, 1956 2,272
1st July, 1957 2,273
1st July, 1958 2,267
1st July, 1959 2,282
1st July, 1960 2,287
1st October, 1961 2,292
1st October, 1962 2,304
1st October, 1963 2,326

Notes

1. No comparable figures are available for 1949 or 1951.

2. These figures contain an increasing element of inflation of doctors' lists by the continued inclusion of names of patients who have left the practice but whose removal has not been notified.