HC Deb 20 July 1994 vol 247 cc360-1W
Mrs. Roche

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what discussions she has had with the North East Thames regional health authority regarding the number of patients on doctors' lists; and how many patients were removed at the instigation of the doctor in the area in(a) 1979, (b) 1985 and (c) in the last year for which figures are available;

(2) what discussions she has had with North East Thames regional health authority regarding the reasons doctors give when removing patients from their lists; how many patients were removed from lists in the last period for which figures are available without any reason being given to the patient; and what percentage of the total this represents;

(3) what discussions she has had with North East Thames regional health authority regarding the number of patients on doctors' lists; and how many patients in the area covering the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency were removed at the instigation of a doctor in (a) 1979, (b) 1985 and (c) the last year for which figures are available;

(4) what discussions she has had with the North East Thames regional health authority regarding the reasons doctors give when removing patients from their lists; how many patients in the area covering the Hornsey and Wood Green constituency were removed from lists with no reason being given in the last period for which figures are available; and what percentage of the total number this represents.

Mr. Bowis

No discussions have taken place. I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Ynys Mon (Mr. Jones) today for the available information.

Yearly trend in report ofHIV-1 Infected Persons: Geographical area of reporting laboratories, England to end December 1993
Number of reports each year
Region 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993
England
Northern 33 29 37 24 36 20
Yorkshire 47 41 53 52 71 44
Trent 42 44 90 42 82 89
East Anglia 26 27 18 35 43 29
North West Thames 502 548 734 770 568 615
North East Thames 316 390 416 593 585 661
South East Thames 179 224 262 335 310 326
South West Thames 57 68 93 146 138 111
Wessex 29 37 45 42 80 38
Oxford 50 34 37 53 49 63
South Western 41 40 54 58 42 36
West Midlands 47 42 92 66 90 80
Mersey 32 14 17 14 26 18
North Western 104 69 76 82 135 90

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