§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors there are per 10,000 population in each local authority area in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Alison:I assume the hon. Member is referring to general medical practitioners. Information is available only by executive council areas which, in most cases, are the same as local authority areas. It is as follows:
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NUMBER OF DOCTORS IN EACH EXECUTIVE COUNCIL AREA PER 10,000 POPULATION* Executive Council Number of doctors per 10,000 population ENGLISH COUNTIES Bedfordshire and Luton 3.88 Berkshire 4.11 Buckinghamshire 3.95 Cambridgeshire and Isle of Ely 4.44 Cheshire 3.90 Cornwall 4.84 Cumberland 4.61 Derbyshire 3.97 Devon, Exeter and Torbay 4.90 Dorset 4.54 Durham 3.64 Essex 3.81 Gloucester County and City 4.46 Hampshire 4.21 Herefordshire 4.79 Hertfordshire 4.16 Huntingdonshire and Peterborough 3.88 Isle of Wight 4.67 Isles of Scilly 9.89 Lancashire 3.41 Leicestershire and Rutland 3.72 Lincolnshire (Holland) 3.69 Lincolnshire (Kesteven) 4.14 Lincolnshire (Lindsey) 4.37 London—Inner 5.29 London—North East 4.26
§ Sir K. Joseph:None, but I have received written comments which I shall consider along with those I have sough/ from professional organizations