HC Deb 12 March 1997 vol 292 cc261-2W
Mr. Barron

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the number and the percentage of general practitioner surgeries which are computerised for each NHS region; and how many of these operate clinical live on-line systems. [19103]

Mr. Malone

The information requested is not held centrally. Projected results of a general practitioner computer survey undertaken by Gallup in 1993 are set out in the table:

Regional health authorities Per cent, computerised
East Anglia 94
Oxford 92
South Western 91
Trent 89
Yorkshire 87
Northern 87
Wessex 86
Mersey 81
West Midlands 81
South-east Thames 80
North Western 80
South-west Thames 78

Regional health authorities Per cent, computerised
North-west Thames 76
North-east Thames 69