§ Mr. Pavittasked the Minister of Health what was the number of general practitioners in post at 1st July, 1967 and the average number of patients on the list at that date.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe information is as follows:
Doctors providing full general medical services in England and Wales at 1st July, 1967 19,867 Average number of patients on lists 2,470 NOTE.—The true number of patients per doctor will be slightly smaller than the average number on doctors' lists since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from lists.