HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c619W
Mrs. May

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GP fundholders there are within the Anglia and Oxford health authority region by county. [11728]

Mr. Milburn

General practitioner fundholder numbers are not collected by county. The number of GP fundholders by health authority in the Anglia and Oxford region as at 1 April 1997 is set out in the table.

Anglia and Oxford region fundholder numbers(Waves 1–7)—1 April 1997
Health authority Total number of funds Total number of practices Total number of general practitioner fundholders
Bedfordshire 26 26 100
Berkshire 55 73 291
Buckinghamshire 56 63 270
Cambridge and Huntingdon 16 16 72
East Norfolk 36 39 187
Northamptonshire 36 38 167
North West Anglia 25 31 124
Oxfordshire 40 44 209
Suffolk 27 27
Total 317 357 1,567