HC Deb 10 January 1995 vol 252 cc129-31W
Mr. Bayley

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the population in each family health service authority area is registered currently with(a) a general practitioner and (b) a general dental practitioner.

Mr. Malone

[holding answer 20 December 1994]: Information on the proportion of patients registered with a general medical practitioner is shown in the table. Available information on registration with a dental practitioner is in the Dental Practice Board publication "Registrations: GDS Quarterly Statistics", copies of which are available in the Library.

Proportion of people resident in each FHSA who were registered with a GP 1993–94
FHSA Estimated total resident population at mid 1993 Registered patients at 1 Oct. 1993 Per cent.
Northern RHA
Cleveland 557,286 573,355 102.9
Cumbria 491,874 494,210 100.5
Durham 604,131 610,182 101.0
Northumberland 309,019 307,994 99.7
Gateshead 202,787 211,773 104.4
Newcastle 275,217 290,477 105.5
North Tyneside 193,495 191,635 99.0
South Tyneside 156,281 160,444 102.7
Sunderland 295,951 298,783 101.0
3,086.041 3,138.853 101.7
Yorkshire RHA
Humberside 882,733 892,995 101.2
North Yorkshire 733,981 726,107 98.9
Bradford 478,871 498,894 104.2
Calderdale 194,357 199,496 102.6
Kirklees 380,732 385,272 101.2
Leeds 719,880 731,043 101.6
Wakefield 317,943 330,172 103.8
3,708,497 3,763,979 101.5
Trent RHA
Derbyshire 949,702 953,764 100.4
Leicestershire 907,576 931,810 102.7
Lincolnshire 602,722 605,103 100.4
Nottinghamshire 1,027,600 1,015,682 98.8
Barnsley 224,198 231,908 103.4
Doncaster 294,394 296,615 100.8
Rotherham 256,493 252,026 98.3
Sheffield 525,387 530,608 101.0
4,788,072 4,817,516 100.6
East Anglia RHA
Cambridgeshire 688,395 659,863 95.9
Norfolk 768,759 735,056 95.6
Suffolk 665,062 638,939 96.1
2,122,216 2,033,858 95.8
Proportion of people resident in each FHSA who were registered with a GP 1993–94
FHSA Estimated total resident population at mid 1993 Registered patients at 1 Oct. 1993 Per cent.
North West Thames RHA
Bedfordshire 539,737 571,500 105.9
Hertfordshire 995,681 1,036,258 104.1
Barnet 306,691 361,439 117.9
Brent and Harrow 450,807 560,106 124.2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 647,164 825,644 127.6
Hillingdon 240,156 244,042 101.6
Kensington Chelsea and Westminster 339,330 413,167 121.8
3,519,566 4,012,156 114.0
North East Thames RHA
Essex 1,564,673 1,582,637 101.1
Barking and Havering 373,998 391,552 104.7
Camden and Islington 356,223 443,531 124.5
City and East London 590,117 697,054 118.1
Enfield and Haringey 466,444 542,419 116.3
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 447,799 464,654 103.8
3,799,254 4,121,847 108.5
South East Thames RHA
East Sussex 723,252 731,975 101.2
Kent 1,551,464 1,583,583 102.1
Greenwich and Bexley 436,818 441,546 101.1
Bromley 300,271 301,464 100.4
Lambeth Southwark and Lewisham 723,696 869,658 120.2
3,735,501 2,928,226 105.2
South West Thames RHA
Surrey 1,033,462 1,061,272 102.7
West Sussex 723,637 745,978 103.1
Croydon 320,881 338,277 105.4
Kingston and Richmond 309,028 322,917 104.5
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 601,405 645,079 107.3
2,988,413 3,113,523 104.2
Wessex RHA
Dorset 671,181 677,774 101.0
Hampshire 1,595,950 1,602,384 100.4
Wiltshire 587,895 561,942 95.6
Isle of Wight 126,656 126,474 99.9
2,981,682 2,968,574 99.6
Oxford RHA
Berkshire 764,097 802,031 105.0
Buckinghamshire 659,288 662,442 100.5
Northamptonshire 599,634 596,526 99.5
Oxfordshire 588,051 597,611 101.6
2,611,070 2,658,610 101.8
South Western RHA
Avon 966,489 994,668 102.9
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 483,114 478,040 98.9
Devon 1,052,488 1,031,592 98,0
Proportion of people resident in each FHSA who were registered with a GP 1993–94
FHSA Estimated total resident population at mid 1993 Registered patients at 1 Oct. 1993 Per cent.
Gloucestershire 544,449 552,682 101.5
Somerset 476,153 469,561 98.6
3,522,693 3,526,543 100.1
West Midlands RHA
Hereford and Worcester 694,411 682,018 98.2
Shropshire 417,005 407,434 97.7
Staffordshire 1,059,474 1,023,646 96,6
Warwickshire 492,357 502,370 102.0
Birmingham 1,004,258 1,068,805 106.4
Coventry 300,515 325,178 108.2
Dudley 310,663 319,786 102.9
Sandwell 292,431 316,347 108.2
Solihull 203,364 221,756 109.0
Walsall 263,261 267,984 101.8
Wolverhampton 245,742 258,337 105.1
5,283,481 5,393,661 102.1
Mersey RHA
Cheshire 976.735 992,462 101.6
Liverpool 466,864 493,005 105.6
St. Helens and Knowsley 335,232 354,729 105.8
Sefton 295,501 289,070 97.8
Wirral 335,943 341,934 101.8
2,410,275 2,471,200 102.5
North Western RHA
Lancashire 1,419,625 1,423,984 100.3
Bolton 265,692 272,058 102.4
Bury 180,969 183,415 101.4
Manchester 433,706 476,980 110.0
Oldham 221,185 213,580 96.6
Rochdale 207,033 213,858 103.3
Salford 227,161 245,733 108.2
Stockport 290,594 295,034 101.5
Tameside 220,406 216,056 98.0
Trafford 214,979 221,441 103.0
Wigan 311,688 292,774 93.9
England 48,549,799 50,003,459 103.0

The resident population includes members of Her Majesty's forces in England but the population registered with a General Practitioner excludes Her Majesty's Forces patients who move from one family health services authority area to another do not automatically change general practitioners at the same time.

This will influence the percentage outcomes shown in the table.