§ Mr. Chris SmithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the number of fundholding(a) general practitioners and (b) practices by health authority (i) in Total and (ii) as a percentage of all general practitioners and practices. [13245]
§ Mr. MaloneCurrent year information on the number of fundholding practices and general practitioners is given in the table. These figures are available only as Totals and not as percentages. The corresponding figures, including percentages, are available for 1995–96 and this information is in the Library.
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Numbers of general practitioner fundholders-1996–97 Health authority Practices GPs Populations covered (percentage) Northern and Yorkshire East Riding 46 180 66 North Yorkshire 67 295 69 Bradford 41 165 60 Calderdale and Kirklees 24 98 35 Leeds 43 207 51 Wakefield 33 136 82 Tees 18 88 34 North Cumbria 19 96 48 County Durham 40 154 50 Northumberland 30 138 71 Gateshead and South Tyneside 19 81 41 Newcastle and North Tyneside 24 96 35 Sunderland 20 70 50 Trent Barnsley 16 40 35 North Debyshire 54 180 91 South Derbyshire 65 240 79 Doncaster 28 96 64 Leicestershire 60 238 50 Lincolnshire 61 217 66 North Nottinghamshire 19 76 41 Nottingham 27 80 26 Rotherham 21 56 49 Sheffield 45 159 52 South Humber 32 114 69 Anglia and Oxford Bedfordshire 20 96 34 Berkshire 63 262 62 Buckinghamshire 57 249 71 Cambridge and Huntingdon 12 58 26 East Norfolk 37 183 55 Northamptonshire 34 148 50 North West Anglia 25 108 49 Oxfordshire 40 194 54 Suffolk 25 136 37 North Thames Barking and Havering 49 111 62 Barnet 26 69 39 Brent and Harrow 65 168 64 Camden and Islington 9 18 10
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Numbers of general practitioner fundholders-1996–97 Health authority Practices GPs Populations covered (percentage) Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 61 130 38 East London and The City 41 94 35 Enfield and Haringey 18 55 27 East and North Hertfordshire 43 201 76 West Hertfordshire 48 214 77 Hillingdon 22 67 51 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 38 84 49 North Essex 59 212 57 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 60 116 59 South Essex 62 153 48 South Thames East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 56 197 52 West Sussex 55 245 63 East Surrey 24 94 42 West Surrey 45 232 67 Kingston and Richmond 42 154 77 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 18 61 18 Bexley and Greenwich 36 110 54 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 39 137 44 Croydon 12 43 27 East Kent 54 180 58 West Kent 91 296 55 Bromley 12 36 27 South and West Avon 42 182 37 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 18 96 32 South and West Devon 33 152 39 North and East Devon 33 144 48 Dorset 46 208 50 Gloucestershire 25 124 39 Isle of Wight 15 63 84 North and Mid Hampshire 33 170 64 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 12 69 23 Somerset 29 128 44 Southampton and South West Hampshire 38 160 54 Wiltshire 45 183 60 West Midlands Birmingham 108 283 49 Coventry 32 79 54 Dudley 25 70 45 Herefordshire 18 77 80 Worcestershire 55 239 82 Sandwell 44 108 74 Shropshire 19 97 45 Solihull 21 114 82 South Staffordshire 43 144 55 North Staffordshire 48 124 55 Walsall 35 72 53
Numbers of general practitioner fundholders-1996–97 Health authority Practices GPs Populations covered (percentage) Warwickshire 59 220 84 Wolverhampton 18 49 39 North West Bury and Rochdale 62 170 81 East Lancashire 58 153 63 Liverpool 40 110 48 Manchester 20 64 25 Morecambe Bay 30 126 71 North Cheshire 19 85 52 North West Lancashire 35 121 50 Salford and Trafford 39 95 42 Sefton 23 71 47 South Cheshire 62 283 75 South Lancashire 24 66 46 Stockport 29 89 60 St. Helens and Knowsley 38 100 56 West Pennine 39 104 46 Wigan and Bolton 45 126 44 Wirral 28 94 49 Source:
NHS executive regional offices.