HC Deb 20 March 1987 vol 112 cc667-8W
Sir Geoffrey Finsberg

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the expenditure of the Camden family practitioner service or its predecessor in (a) 1979, (b) 1983 and (c) the latest date for which information is available; and what was the average size of patient list on each of those dates.

Mr. Newton

The information available in relation to the Camden and Islington family practitioner committee is as follows:

(a) Expenditure on the family practitioner services

Financial year £ million
1979–80 13,123,470
1983–84 22,960,975
1985–86 26,753,570

(b) Average general medical practitioner list size

Year Average list size
1979 2,020
1983 2,028
1986 2,049