§ Mr. Sillarsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of general medical practitioners in England and Wales in the years 1951 to 1969; and what was the average list of the patients of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in England and Wales.
§ Mr. AlisonI regret that figures for 1951 are not available. The remainder of the information is as follows:
Doctors providing full general medical services in England and Wales* Date Number Average list size† 1952 … 17,302 2,436 1953 … 18,081 2,324 1954 … 18,552 2,293 1955 … 18,853 2,283 1956 … 19,166 2,273 1957 … 19,423 2,274 1958 … 19,671 2,269 1959 … 19,731 2,284 1960 … 19,914 2,289 1961 … 20,175 2,293 1962 … 20,312 2,305 1963 … 20,335 2,327 1964 … 20,232 2,364 1965 … 20,014 2,413 1966 … 19,832 2,455 1967 … 19,837 2,474 1968 … 19,957 2,478 1969 … 20,133 2,479 * The figures differ marginally from those previously published because it has been possible to eliminate a slight duplication between England and Scotland. † The figures are slightly inflated, since it is impossible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.