§ 38. Mr. Liptonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he is aware that, while according to official estimates the population of inner London is 2,700,320, the number of persons registered on doctors' lists in the same area is 3,223,737; and what action he proposes to take in the matter.
§ Sir K. JosephUnder arrangements described in my answer to the hon. Member on 8th August 1972—[Vol. 842, c. 1472–3]—the Inner London Executive Council has written to over 1 million patients on doctors' lists. 74,000 names have been removed from the lists and similar action is in train on a number of additional names. The completion of this special check, after 1st April 1974, will be a matter for the new health authorities.