§ Mr. Kinnockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average size of the panel of general practioners in each area health authority in England and Wales.
§ Mr. MoyleThere is no panel of general practitioners, as such. The table below gives the number of doctors providing a full range of general medical services and their average list sizes.
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Number of Doctors* Average List Size† Northern RHA 1,330 2,434 Cleveland 224 2,693 Cumbria 231 2,121 Durham 237 2,608 Northumberland 131 2,090 Gateshead 100 2,368 Newcastle upon Tyne 142 2,309 North Tyneside 80 2,563 South Tyneside 69 2,556 Sunderland 116 2,677 Yorkshire RHA 1,560 2,393 Humberside 366 2,474 North Yorkshire 313 2,107 Bradford 196 2,490 Calderdale 76 2,677 Kirklees 148 2,549 Leeds 328 2,362 Wakefield 133 2,447 Trent RHA 1,877 2,518 Derbyshire 379 2,487 Leicestershire 357 2,490 Lincolnshire 239 2,227 Nottinghamshire 384 2,618 Barnsley 93 2,572 Doncaster 114 2,683 Rotherham 88 2,615 Sheffield 223 2,608 461W
Number of Doctors* Average List Size† East Anglia RHA 787 2,302 Cambridgeshire 237 2,351 Norfolk 300 2,240 Suffolk 250 2,331 North West Thames RHA 1,698 2,303 Bedfordshire 194 2,731 Hertfordshire 417 2,402 Barnet 151 2,190 Brent and Harrow 251 2,275 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow. 344 2,260 Hillingdon 94 2,480 Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster 247 1,884 North East Thames RHA 1,723 2,324 Essex 594 2,458 Barking and Havering 173 2,435 Camden and Islington 214 2,066 City and East London 296 2,241 Enfield and Haringey 234 2,349 Redbridge and Waltham Forest. 212 2,237 South East Thames RHA 1,642 2,330 East Sussex 310 2,182 Kent 624 2,386 Greenwich and Bexley 189 2,440 Bromley 134 2,369 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham. 385 2,292 South West Thames RHA 1,338 2,287 Surrey 462 2,277 West Sussex 278 2,295 Croydon 145 2,369 Kingston and Richmond 146 2,245 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth. 307 2,278 Wessex RHA 1,197 2,273 Dorset 273 2,191 Hampshire 653 2,289 Wiltshire 217 2,361 Isle of Wight 54 2,149 Oxford RHA 954 2,369 Berkshire 298 2,347 Buckinghamshire 222 2,381 Northamptonshire 201 2,597 Oxfordshire 233 2,189 South Western RHA 1,484 2,162 Avon 407 2,324 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly. 203 2,035 Devon 450 2,088 Gloucestershire 232 2,164 Somerset 192 2,127 West Midlands RHA 2,200 2,424 Hereford and Worcester 270 2,186 Salop 159 2,273 Staffordshire 383 2,590 Warwickshire 199 2,358 Birmingham 494 2,372 Coventry 138 2,516 Dudley 116 2,614 Sandwell 145 2,411 Solihull 74 2,598 Walsall 111 2,576 Wolverhampton 111 2,457 Mersey RHA 1,059 2,446 Cheshire 381 2,426 Liverpool 249 2,448 St. Helens and Knowsley 142 2,660,
Number of Doctors* Average List Size† Sefton 127 2,423 Wirral 160 2,317 North Western RHA 1,701 2,459 Lancashire 559 2,463 Bolton 108 2,476 Bury 71 2,679 Manchester 237 2,241 Oldham 90 2,456 Rochdale 81 2,693 Salford 121 2,383 Stockport 122 2,391 Tameside 87 2,624 Trafford 101 2,342 Wigan 124 2,706 TOTAL ENGLAND 20,550 2,365 WALES 1,286 2,193 Clwyd 157 2,321 Dyfed 161 2,028 Gwent 187 2,351 Gwynedd 124 1,838 Mid-Glamorgan 238 2,366 Powys 62 1,822 South Glamorgan 190 2,114 West Glamorgan 167 2,299 TOTAL WALES 1,286 2,193 TOTAL ENGLAND AND WALES. 21,836 2,355 * At 1st October 1976. † At 1st October 1975; more recent figures are not available.