HC Deb 14 February 1977 vol 926 cc41-2W
Mr. Hicks

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of dentists and family general practitioners to patients for the Cornwall Area Health Authority, the South-West Regional Health Authority and the average for England and Wales.

Mr. Moyle

Numbers per 100,000 population were as follows in 1976:

Doctors* Dentists†
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly AHA 51 26
South Western RHA 47 29
England and Wales 44 25
* Doctors providing the full range of general medical services.
† Dentists practising in the general dental services.