§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been struck off the registers of(a) fundholding general practitioners and (b) non-fundholding general practitioners in the latest year for which figures are available. [26118]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation held centrally on patients removed from general practitioner lists does not identify the fundholding status of the general practitioner.
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients have been struck off the registers of general practitioners in each of the last 10 years for which figures are available. [26119]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information requested is available centrally only for 1992–93. The number of patients removed from registers at the request of general practitioners in 1992–93 was 78,993.
§ Mr. Nicholas BrownTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients were struck off general practitioners' lists in each regional health authority during the last year for which figures are available. [26107]
§ Mr. MaloneThe information is available for 1992–93 and is shown in the table.
Region Patients removed from GP list at request of GP Northern 3,318 Yorkshire 7,108 Trent 5,608 East Anglia 1,827 North West Thames 10,508 North East Thames 13,916 South East Thames 5,689 South West Thames 3,463 Wessex 1,392 Oxford 2,547 South West 2,186 West Midlands 10,798 Mersey 4,556 North West 6,077 England 78,993 Note:
Patients who die, emigrate, opt to register with another GP or are transferred on resignation or death of GP are not included in the above figures.