HC Deb 25 April 1989 vol 151 c509W
63. Mr. Franks

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors there are, and how many there were in 1979.

Mr. Mellor

In 1979 there were 60,764 doctors in the hospital and community health and family practitioner services in England. By 1987 the number was 68,777.