§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish for each health authority in England and for England as a whole(a) the total number of people who have received hospital treatment requiring at least one night's stay for the latest available 12-month period and (b) the total number of people awaiting hospital treatment for more than one year; and if she will express (b) as a percentage of (a).
§ Mr. SackvilleThe latest information on the number of finished consultant episodes for each health authority is
Number of GPs at 1 October 1992 Number of patients at 1 October 1992 Total General Medical Service expenditure 1992–93 General Medical Service expenditure per GP 1992–93 Inner London 2,037 4,197,519 £209,142,060 £101,672 Outer London 1,429 2,967,746 £138,060,429 £96,613 Rest of England 22,502 42,737,046 £2,076,257,152 £92,270 GP numbers have been increasing steadily over the last three years. Extra resources for primary care are an important part of the "Making London Better" initiative to improve health care in the Capital.