HC Deb 12 March 1992 vol 205 cc626-7W
Sir Charles Morrison

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many doctors, dentists and nurses there were in Wiltshire in 1979; and how many there were in 1991.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The information required is not collected by county boundaries. The earliest and latest available information in respect of Wiltshire family health services authority is given in the tables.

General Medical Practitioners

(Unrestricted Principals)

  • 1 October 1979—224
  • 1 October 1990—288

Dentists

(includes Principal Assistants and Vocational Trainees)

  • 1 September 1979—117
  • 1 September 1991—158

Practice Nurses

  • 1 October 1988—48.61
  • 1 October 1990—101.91

1 Whole time equivalents