HC Deb 23 February 1994 vol 238 c292W
1989. Mr. Oppenheim

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what are the latest available figures of the average number of patients per general practitioner; and what they were in(a) 1979 and (b)

Mr. Stewart

At 1 April 1993, the average number of patients per general practitioner was 1,549; the figures for 1 October 1979 and 1 October 1989 were 1,856 and 1,590 respectively.