§ 29. Mr. Boydenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of general practitioners to patients in the area of the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board; and how this compares with the ratio in the South Eastern Hospital Board area now and in 1968.
§ Mr. AlisonAt 1st October, 1971, the average number of patients on the lists of general practitioners in the area of 49W the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board was 2,558, and in the area of the South East Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board 2,453. The corresponding figures at 1st October, 1968, were 2,554 and 2,467.