§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole time equivalent general practitioners there were in(a) each region and (b) England in each of the last five years. [89029]
§ Mr. HuttonThe number of whole time equivalent general practitioners in each strategic health authority and in England in each of the last six years is shown in the table.
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General Medical Practitioners (excluding GP Retainers)1 in England; 1997–2002 (by Apri1 2002 boundaries) Estimated whole time equivalent DHSC/Strategic Health Authority 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 North Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 782 802 807 812 836 852 Country Durham and Tees Valley 620 617 619 622 652 642 Cumbria and Lancashire 1,079 1,083 1,090 1,079 1,093 1,107 Greater Manchester 1,409 1,404 1,420 1,424 1,422 1,422 Cheshire and Merseyside 1,346 1,335 1,370 1,371 1,388 1,395 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 944 934 951 959 968 985 West Yorkshire 1,188 1,198 1,221 1,227 1,248 1,266 South Yorkshire 716 711 720 725 734 728 Midlands and Eastern Shropshire and Staffordshire 757 776 787 792 779 781 Birmingham and the Black Country 1,260 1,272 1,279 1,299 1,305 1,317 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 859 853 853 869 878 903 Trent 1,363 1,382 1,386 1,408 1,434 1,405 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 857 851 841 817 827 831 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 1,228 1,243 1,250 1,268 1,276 1,276 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 869 892 894 897 906 906 Essex 805 819 819 814 805 814 London North West London 1,107 1,097 1,055 1,044 1,064 1,043 North Central London 739 741 727 748 746 755 North East London 835 845 844 866 841 859 South East London 814 810 840 825 833 820 South West London 731 720 732 735 727 752 South Thames Valley 1,145 1,186 1,198 1,202 1,218 1,236 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 996 999 1,014 1,017 1,037 1,041 Kent and Medway 860 867 868 853 860 855 Surrey and Sussex 1,410 1,430 1,432 1,435 1,464 1,469 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 1,225 1,257 1,281 1,289 1,301 1,300 South West Peninsula 990 981 972 1,000 1,025 1,012 Dorset and Somerset 727 744 761 759 771 768 England total 27,660 27,848 28,033 28,154 28,439 28,540 1All Practitioners (excluding GP Retainers) include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA) and PMS Other. Notes:
- 1. GP Retainers were first collected in the 1999 census and have been omitted for comparability purposes.
- 2. WTE data has been estimated using the results from the 1992–93 GMP Workload Survey; Full-time = 1.00 wte; three quarter time = 0.69 wte; job share = 0.65; half-time = 0.60 wte.
- 3. Data as at 1 October 1997–99, 30 September 2000–01 and 31 March 2002.
Source:
Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics