§ Mr. McGuireasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the present patient-doctor ratio in the Ince constituency; and how this compares with the average in the Manchester Regional Health Authority, the Northwest, and nationally.
§ Dr. OwenThe latest available ratio of patients to general medical practitioners—unrestricted principals—in the three medical practice areas lying wholly or partly in the Ince parliamentary constituency is 2,782. Comparative ratios are: for the North Western Regional Health Authority's region 2,500; for Greater Manchester, Merseyside, Lancashire and Cheshire 2,483; for England 2,398.