HC Deb 02 July 1974 vol 876 cc84-5W
Mr. Sydney Tierney

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average number of patients of each general practitioner in the area health authority serving the Yardley constituency.

Dr. Owen

The latest available average number of patients per general practitioner in the Yardley constituency is 2,766 at 1st January 1974. The corresponding figure at that date for the whole City of Birmingham—an area now served by a single area health authority—is 2,379.