HC Deb 06 November 1991 vol 198 c184W
Ms. Harman

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each national health service region the number of male doctors and the number of female doctors(a) in general practice, (b) who are consultants and (c) other than consultants who work in hospitals.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

[holding answer 5 November 1991]: The information requested is given in the tables.

Unrestricted principals (GPs) in England as at 1 April 1991
Male Female
Northern 1,276 357
Yorkshire 1,511 431
Trent 1,877 531
East Anglia 899 217
NW Thames 1,306 650
NE Thames 1,468 552
SE Thames 1,475 475
SW Thames 1,101 461
Wessex 1,196 391
Oxford 1,003 351
South Western 1,573 409
West Midlands 2,116 586
Mersey 928 313
North Western 1,548 463
Total: England 19,277 6,187