HC Deb 20 October 1976 vol 917 cc479-80W
Miss Boothroyd

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of general practioners to the number of registered National Health Service patients in the Sandwell Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the figure for England, Scotland and Wales, respectively.

Mr. Moyle

The number of registered patients per National Health Service doctor providing the full range of general medical services at 1st October 1975 in the stated areas were as follows:

Sandwell AHA … … 2,300
England … … 2,300
Scotland … … 1,960
Wales … … 2,100

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