§ Mrs. Ewingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the number of practitioners employed in the National Health Service who left the Service in the latest convenient year, showing separately those under 55 years of age at the date of retiral and those over 55 years of age.
§ Mr. CrossmanOf 707 practitioners who during the year ended 1st October 1968 ceased to provide full general medical services in England and Wales for reasons other than death, 289 were aged under 55 at that date and 418 were aged 55 and over. Not all of these will have left the National Health Service.