§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the number of doctors providing unrestricted general medical services in each of the past five years; and what was the average number of patients per doctor.
§ Mr. RossThe information is as follows:
(1) (2) Principals providing unrestricted general medical services Estimated average number of patients 1963 2,653 1,996 1964 2,656 2,005 1965 2,611 2,049 1966 2,573 2,083 1967 2,583 2,082 (The figures relate to 1st October of each year. Those in column (2) are inflated by up to 3 per cent. since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.)