HC Deb 26 April 1995 vol 258 c553W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the levels of recruitment of doctors to become general practitioners currently and five years ago. [19826]

Mr. Malone

In 1989–90 the number of general practitioners increased by 14–0.6 per cent.—in England. In 1993–94 the number increased by 278–1.0 per cent.—to an all-time high of 26,567.