HC Deb 26 January 1977 vol 924 cc689-91W
Mr. Kinnock

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the ratio of general practitioners per head of population in (a) Great Britain; (b) each of the area health authority areas of Great Britain, (c) Wales, and (d) the local authority areas of Islwyn, Rhymney Valley, Newport, Blaenau, Gwent and Newport.

Mr. Moyle

At 1st July 1975 the numbers of doctors providing a full range of general medical services per 100,000 population were as in the table attached.

Information about Scottish health boards is the responsibility of my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland.

Information in relation to the local authorities listed is not available since statistics are collected on the basis of contracts with the family practitioner committee—in this instance that associated with Gwent and Mid-Glamorgan Area Health Authorities.

NUMBER OF GPs PER 100,000
GREAT BRITAIN 45
Area Health Authority
Cleveland 39
Cumbria 48
Durham 38
Northumberland 46
Gateshead 44
Newcastle (T) 48
North Tyneside 38
South Tyneside 40
Sunderland 39
Humberside 41
North Yorkshire 47
Bradford 41
Calderdale 38
Kirklees 40
Leeds (T) 43
Wakefield 42
Derbyshire 42
Leicestershire (T) 42
Lincolnshire 46
Nottinghamshire (T) 38
Barnsley 41

Doncaster 39
Rotherham 35
Sheffield (T) 39
Cambridgeshire (T) 43
Norfolk 45
Suffolk 44
Bedfordshire 40
Hertfordshire 44
Barnet 50
Brent and Harrow 53
Ealing, Hammersmith and Houns-low (T) 51
Hillingdon 41
Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster (T) 66
Essex 41
Barking and Havering 45
Camden and Islington (T) 63
City and East London (T) 50
Enfield and Haringey 48
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 47
East Sussex 47
Kent 43
Greenwich and Bexley 44
Bromley 45
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewis-ham (T) 49
Surrey 45
West Sussex 44
Croydon 45
Kingston and Richmond 49
Merton, Sutton and Wands-worth (T) 50
Dorset 46
Hampshire (T) 44
Isle of Wight 48
Wiltshire 43
Berkshire 45
Buckinghamshire 43
Northamptonshire 40
Oxfordshire (T) 45
Avon (T) 44
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 50
Devon 49
Gloucestershire 47
Somerset 48
Hereford and Worcester 46
Salop 46
Staffordshire 39
Warwickshire 43
Birmingham (T) 46
Coventry 41
Dudley 38
Sandwell 45
Solihull 35
Walsall 39
Wolverhampton 42
Cheshire 41
Liverpool (T) 45
St. Helens and Knowsley 34
Sefton 43
Wirral 45
Lancashire 41
Bolton 39
Bury 36
Manchester (T) 47
Oldham 40
Rochdale 38
Salford (T) 45
Stockport 42
Thameside 38
Trafford 44
Wigan 38
Clwyd 43
Dyfed 50

Area Health Authority
Mid Glamorgan 44
South Glamorgan (T) 49
West Glamorgan 43
Gwent 44
Gwynedd 55
Powys 62
Wales 47