HC Deb 01 November 1996 vol 284 cc290-1W
Ms Jowell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many family health centres per 1,000 population there are in(a) Inner London, (b) Greater London, (c) Birmingham, (d) Newcastle, (e) Liverpool, (f) Leeds and (g) Manchester. [1124]

Mr. Horam

The available information is set out in the table.

Area Resident population1 Number of Health Centres2 Number of Health Centres per 1,000 population Number of Health Centres per 100,000 population
Liverpool 466,864 12 0.026 2.57
Leeds 719,880 20 0.028 2.78
Manchester 433,706 11 0.025 2.54

Source:

1 Office of National Statistics population estimates for mid 1993.

2 GP census, 1 October 1993.

3Inner London comprises the following Family Health Services Authorities: Kensington; Chelsea and Westminster; Camden and Islington; City and East London and Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham.

4Greater London comprises the following Family Health Services Authorities: Barnet; Brent and Harrow; Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow; Hillingdon; Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster; Barking and Havering; Camden and Islington; City and East London; Enfield and Haringey; Redbridge and Waltham Forest; Greenwich and Bexley; Bromley; Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham; Croydon; Kingston and Richmond and Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth.

The latest available data on the number of health centres are at 1 October 1993. Data have not been collected since then.