§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of family medical practitioners now make use of the night and weekend deputising services by region.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number and percentage of unrestricted principals in general medical practice in England with consent to arrange for deputising services in relation to their out-of-hours responsibilities at 1 October 1983 was as follows:
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Region Number of unrestricted principals Number with consent to use deputising services Number with consent as a percentage of all unrestricted principals Northern 1,495 741 49.6 Yorkshire and Humberside 1,763 836 47.4 Trent 2,166 971 44.8 East Anglia 945 — — North West Thames 1,888 1,288 65.0 North East Thames 1,853 1,247 67.3 South East Thames 1,821 732 40.2 South West Thames 1,445 502 34.7 Wessex 1,390 332 23.9 Oxford 1,159 84 7.3 South Western 1,718 229 13.3 West Midlands 2,516 1,508 59.9 Mersey 1,191 650 54.6 North Western 1,909 1,422 74.5 England 23,259 10,482 45.1