Patients (Ratio to General Practitioners)

HC Deb 03 March 1966 vol 725 c361W

Mr. Malcolm MacMillan

asked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the ratio of patients to general practitioners in the National Health Service in Scotland and in the Outer Hebrides respectively, in each of the years 1950, 1955, 1960 and 1965.

Mr. Ross

The estimated average number of patients for each principal providing unrestricted general medical services was as follows:—

	Scotland	Outer Hebrides
July, 1950	2,153	1,768
July, 1955	1,975	1,538
July, 1960	1,977	1,375
July, 1965	2,039	1,332

The true figures may be slightly smaller since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.