HC Deb 27 November 1967 vol 755 c7W
Mr. Buchanan-Smith

asked the Minister of Health what is the ratio of patients to general practitioners in 1967.

Mr. K. Robinson

Final figures are not yet available but the estimated average number of patients on the lists of doctors providing full medical services in England and Wales on 1st October, 1967, was 2,470. The true number of patients per doctor will be slightly smaller since it is not possible to eliminate all duplicate entries from doctors' lists.