§ Mr. Buchanan-Smithasked the Minister of Health what was the ratio of general practitioners to patients in England and Wales in each of the years 1960 to 1964 and in each quarter of 1965.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe estimated average number of patients on the lists of doctors providing full general medical services in England and Wales was as follows:
The true figures will be slightly smaller since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.
1st October, 1960—2,287. 1st October, 1961—2,292. 1st October, 1962—2,304. 1st October, 1963—2,326. 1st October, 1964—2,362. 1st October, 1965—2,410 (provisional). I regret that figures of numbers of patients on lists are not collected quarterly.