§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish details showing the population figures for 1953 and 1963, respectively, and the number of general practitioners for the same years actually practising; and what estimate he has made of the number of general practitioners who emigrated during this period.
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§ Mr. NobleBetween the end of 1953 and the end of 1963 the population of Scotland increased from 5,090,900 to 5,190,500, and the number of general practitioners practising as principals under the National Health Service from 2,466 to 2,657. I have no information about the number of general practitioners who emigrated during this period.
§ Mr. Dempseyasked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many qualified doctors passed through Scottish universities between 1953 and 1963 and what estimate he has made of the number of these who found employment in Scotland.
§ Mr. NobleThe number of students who obtained a first medical degree from the Scottish universities in each of the years from 1953 to 1963 was as follows:—
1953 … … … 342 1954 … … … 384 1955 … … … 454 1956 … … … 462 1957 … … … 411 1958 … … … 429 1959 … … … 439 1960 … … … 430 1961 … … … 439 1962 … … … 355 1963 … … … 392 The information requested in the second part of the question is not available; but a special investigation carried out in 1962 of the students who graduated in 1957 showed that 331 were initially employed in the National Health Service in Scotland, and that of these 142 were still so employed in 1962.