HC Deb 20 July 1964 vol 699 cc17-8W
Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Minister of Health what was the average size of general practitioner lists on the latest date for which figures are available; and what were the comparable figures in each of the previous five years.

Mr. Barber

2,326 on 1st October, 1963. The comparable figures were:

1st July, 1958 2,267
1959 2,282
1960 2,287
1st October, 1961 2,292
1962 2,304

The figures conceal a gradually increasing amount of inflation of doctors' lists by the continued inclusion of names which should no longer be there.