§ Mr. Malcolm MacMillanasked the Secretary of State for Scotland what was the ratio of patients to general practitioners in 1966 in the Highlands and Islands area; and how this compared in that year with the ratio for Scotland.
§ Mr. Ross:The ratio of patients on doctors lists to doctors providing unrestricted general medical services at 1st October, 1966, was 1336:1 in the Highlands and Islands and 2083:1 in Scotland. Since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists the true figures are slightly smaller.