HC Deb 09 February 1987 vol 110 cc92-3W
Mr. Wigley

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what is (a) the number of general practitioners and (b) the number of general practitioners per 1,000 of the population in each Welsh health authority area; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1979.

Mr. Mark Robinson

Information relating to unrestricted principal general practitioners at 1 October each year is given in the following table:—

Family Practitioner Area
Clwyd Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan
1985
Number 200 194 237 139 276 72 219 186
Number per 1,000 population 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.6 0.5
1986
Number1 210 196 236 139 280 76 222 188
Number per 1,0002 population 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.6 0.5 0.7 0.6 0.5
1 Figures for 1986 are provisional.
2 Based on 1985 population estimates.

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