HC Deb 29 April 1974 vol 872 cc387-8W
Mr. Harry Ewing

asked the Secretary of Slate for Scotland (1) what is the average number of patients over 65 years of age on the lists of general practitioners throughout Scotland;

(2) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the names of the cities or burghs in Scotland where the average number of patients on the lists of general practitioners is above or below the average for Scotland; and by what numbers they are above or below the average;

(3) if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table showing the names of the cities or burghs in Scotland where the average number of patients over 65 years of age on the lists of general practitioners is above or below the average for Scotland and by what numbers they are above or below that average;

(4) what is the average number of patients on the lists of general practitioners throughout Scotland.

Mr. William Ross

It is not practicable to provide details for all burghs in Scotland of the average number of patients and of patients over 65 on the lists of general practitioners, since in many cases practice areas do not coincide with those of burghs. The information in total was made by way of loan; and how much of the repayment due is still outstanding in each case.

Mrs. Hart

Following is the information requested covering the period 1945–46 to 1972–73, the last financial year for which details are available:

relation to executive council areas and to the whole of Scotland as at 1st July 1973 is set out in the table below.

AVERAGE NUMBER OF PATIENTS PER DOCTOR AS AT 1ST JULY 1973
Executive Council Average number of patients Average number of patients over 65
Aberdeen and Kincardine 1,816 270
Angus 1,901 281
Argyll and Bute 1,207 240
Ayr 2,240 282
Banff, Moray and Nairn 1,596 238
Caithness 1,693 213
Dumfries 1,803 253
Dunbarton 2,127 208
Fife 2,198 288
Galloway (Kirkcudbright and Wigtown) 1,504 236
Inverness 1,590 242
Lanark 2,435 261
Lothians and Peebles 2,095 232
Orkney 883 153
Perth and Kinross 1,648 274
Renfrew 2,365 269
Ross and Cromarty 1,381 239
Roxburgh, Berwick and Selkirk 1,647 279
Stirling and Clackmannan 2,185 258
Sutherland 927 168
Zetland 1,280 212
City of Aberdeen 2,024 302
City of Dundee 2,033 273
City of Edinburgh 1,939 297
City of Glasgow 2,072 287
Scotland 2,016 267

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