§ Mr. Lawsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will publish an estimate of the total number of visits made to general practitioners in a single year, and the number of visits made by people aged between 16 and 65 years.
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§ Dr. OwenI estimate on the basis of recent surveys that about 170 million consultations take place each year in England between general medical practitioners and their patients, of which between 100 million and 105 million concern patients between the ages of 16 and 65. Almost four-fifths of these consultations are estimated to take place in the doctors' practice premises and the remainder in the patients' homes.