§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what is the doctor-patient ratio in the Hamilton Constituency and what is the ratio in the Isle of Lewis.
§ Mr. RossI regret that it is not practicable to give the precise ratio of family doctors to patients in the Hamilton constituency, since the practice districts do not coincide with the constituency boundaries. However, the doctor-patient ratio in practices based in the Hamilton constituency is 1 to 2,701. In the Isle of Lewis the ratio is 1 to 1,349.