HC Deb 13 July 1977 vol 935 cc144-5W
Mr. Nicholas Winterton

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he considers that the doctor-patient ratio in the area covered by the Macclesfield constituency is satisfactory; and how it compares with the rest of the United Kingdom.

Mr. Moyle

Information is not available in the form requested for the Macclesfield parliamentary constituency. As the number of doctors providing the full range of general medical services per 100,000 population in the Cheshire Area Health Authority, which includes the Macclesfield parliamentary constituency, is 42 compared with an average of 44 for England and Wales as a whole, I do not consider the position unsatisfactory.