§ Mr. Nigel EvansTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner practices there are in operation in each NHS region in England.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is shown in the table
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Region Number of practices Northern 523 Yorkshire 671 Trent 852 East Anglia 299 North West Thames 818
Region Number of practices North East Thames 905 South East Thames 776 South West Thames 518 Wessex 442 Oxford 382 South Western 571 West midlands 1,064 Mersey 442 North Western 879 The data relate to 1 October 1993.