§ Mr. CummingsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list by name the current general practitioner fundholders in the Easington constituency. [30213]
§ Mr. MaloneThis information is not available centrally.
§ Sir Sydney ChapmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the percentage of the population served by general practitioner fundholders in each health authority in England. [30584]
§ Mr. MaloneThe percentage of the population served by general practitioner fundholders in each health authority in England is given in the table.
88Wwho miss child health or general practitioner health screening, immunisation and developmental checks. The latest data available, published in October 1994, shows that 96 per cent. or 25,400 general practitioners perform childhood immunisations and 94 per cent. 24,900 carry out child health surveillance.
School doctors include community paediatrician and general practitioners depending on local arrangements and therefore cannot be identified separately in Department statistics.
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Population coverage by general practitioner fundholders—health authorities in descending order Health authority Coverage (April 1996) percentage North Derbyshire 91 Warwickshire 84 Isle of Wight 84 Solihull 82 Worcestershire 82 Wakefield 82 Bury and Rochdale 81 Herefordshire 80 South Derbyshire 79 Kingston and Richmond 77 West Hertfordshire 77 East and North Hertfordshire 76 South Cheshire 75 Sandwell 74 Northumberland 71 Morecambe Bay 71 Buckinghamshire 71 South Humber 69 North Yorkshire 69 West Surrey 67 Lincolnshire 66 East Riding 66 Brent and Harrow 64 Doncaster 64 90W
Population coverage by general practitioner fundholders—health authorities in descending order Health authority Coverage (April 1996) percentage North and Mid Hampshire 64 West Sussex 63 East Lancashire 63 Berkshire 62 Barking and Havering 62 Wiltshire 60 Bradford 60 Stockport 60 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 59 East Kent 58 North Essex 57 St. Helens and Knowsley 56 North Staffordshire 55 South Staffordshire 55 West Kent 55 East Norfolk 55 Coventry 54 Oxfordshire 54 Southampton and South West Hampshire 54 Bexley and Greenwich 54 Walsall 53 North Cheshire 52 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 52 Sheffield 52 Leeds 51 Hillingdon 51 Sunderland 50 North West Lancashire 50 County Durham 50 Northamptonshire 50 Dorset 50 Leicestershire 50 Birmingham 49 North West Anglia 49 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 49 Wirral 49 Rotherham 49 North Cumbria 48 North and East Devon 48 Liverpool 48 South Essex 48 Sefton 47 South Lancashire 46 West Pennine 46 Dudley 45 Shropshire 45 Wigan and Bolton 44 Somerset 44 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 44 East Surrey 42 Salford and Trafford 42 Gateshead and South Tyneside 41 North Nottinghamshire 41 South and West Devon 39 Gloucestershire 39 Wolverhampton 39 Barnet 39 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 38 Avon 37 Suffolk 37 Calderdale and Kirklees 35 Newcastle and North Tyneside 35 Barnsley 35 East London and The City 35 Bedfordshire 34 Tees 34 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 32 Croydon 27 Bromley 27 Enfield and Haringey 27
Population coverage by general practitioner fundholders—health authorities in descending order Health authority Coverage (April 1996) percentage Nottingham 26 Cambridge and Huntingdon 26 Manchester 25 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 23 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 18 Camden and Islington 10 Source:
Regional offices.