§ 26. Mr. DayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average number of patients on each general practitioner's list(a) in 1978 and (b) in 1990; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe average list size fell from 2,312 in October 1978 to 1,942 in October 1990—a reduction of 16 per cent.
The latest available information held centrally shows that the average list size at 1 April 1991 was 1,917, a further reduction of 1.3 per cent.