§ Mr. Deanasked the Minister of Health whether he will state the ratio of general practitioners to patients, for each year since 1948.
§ Mr. K. RobinsonThe estimated average number of patients on the lists of doctors providing full general medical services in England and Wales from 1952 onwards is set out below. Comparable figures for the years 1948 to 1951 are not available.
1952 … … … 2,436 1953 … … … 2,324 1954 … … … 2,293 1955 … … … 2,283 1956 … … … 2,272 1957 … … … 2,273 1958 … … … 2,267 1959 … … … 2,282 1960 … … … 2,287 1961 … … … 2,292 1962 … … … 2,304 1963 … … … 2,326 1964 … … … 2,362 1965 … … … 2,412 1966 … … … 2,453 NOTES:
(1) Figures relate to the position at 1st July from 1952 to 1960, and to 1st October from 1961 onwards.
(2) The true figures will be slightly smaller than those in the table since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.