HC Deb 28 June 1982 vol 26 cc230-1W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of general practitioners work single-handedly in Inner London and in England and Wales.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

In inner London at 1 October 1981 some 30 per cent. of general medical practitioners worked single-handedly compared with 11 per cent. in England and Wales as a whole.

Inner London comprises the family practitioner committees of Kensington and Chelsea and Westminster, Camdem and Islington, City and East London and Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.