§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish for each family health service authority and for Wales as a whole(a) the number of general practitioner practices and (b) the number of 592W practices known to operate an out-of-hours system similar to that operated by the association of Gwent doctors on call. [2314]
§ Mr. RichardsThe number of general practitioner partnerships and single-handed practitioners for each family health services authority in Wales as at 1 April 1995 was as follows:
Number Clwyd 73 Dyfed 65 Gwent 91 Gwynedd 52 Mid Glamorgan 104 Powys 18 South Glamorgan 72 West Glamorgan 63 Wales 538 The organisation of out-of-hours services is a matter for individual FHSAs, and information is not held centrally.