HC Deb 23 February 1978 vol 944 c779W
Sir George Young

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many staff at the level of principal and above in his Department are working on smoking and health full time.

General Medical Practitioners* Average list size*
Barnet 151 2,191
Brent and Harrow 251 2,262
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 345 2,241
Hillingdon 93 2,519
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 247 1,921
Barking and Havering 173 2,443
Camden and Islington 214 2,141
City and East London 296 2,232
Enfield and Haringey 234 2,336
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 212 2,258
Bromley 134 2,394
Greenwich and Bexley 189 2,368
Lembeth, Southwark and Lewisham 386 2,265
Croydon 145 2,343
Kingston and Richmond 146 2,278
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 307 2,281
* At 1st October 1976.

Mr. Cartwright

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will set out the total number of patients registered with general practitioners in the Greenwich and Bexley Area Health Authority for each of the past five years.

Mr. Moyle

The number of patients on the lists of general medical practitioners providing the full range of general medical services at 1st October of the year stated are given below. Figures for 1977 are not yet available.

Year Number of Patients
1973 460,700
1974 464,200
1975 449,000
1976 447,600