§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish details for each family health service authority area and for Wales as a whole of the number of patients removed from general practitioners' lists for the latest available year; and how many and what proportions of these were removed without their consent.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThis information is not available in the form requested. The following table shows the number of patients removed from general medical practitioners' lists in 1993 at the request of the doctor and the number of those who were re-allocated to another doctor in the same area by their family health services authority.
Patients removed Patients reallocated Clwyd 532 1— Dyfed 95 49 Gwent 244 126 Gwynedd 87 31 Mid Glamorgan 407 177 Powys 26 24 South Glamorgan 831 279 West Glamorgan 567 261 Wales Total 2,769 2927 1Not available. 2Financial year 1993–94. 3Excludes Clwyd. Notes:
1. All figures shown in the table have been provided by individual authorities and have not been statistically validated.
2. Information on the specific numbers of patients removed from GPs' lists without their consent is not available. The table indicates the number of patients who transferred at the request of doctors and will include those who moved against their wishes. Other reasons for removal include patients who moved out of the practice area.
3. If the patient has been transferred more than once during the year he/she will have been counted each time.
4. Removals due to the death of the patient, emigration, adoption and the retirement of the doctor are not shown in the table.
5. Patients reallocated by the authority are those who were unable to find another doctor within the area willing to accept their registration.