§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners, expressed as whole-time equivalents per 100,000 weighted population, there were for(a) each health authority and (b) in total in England for the last two years for which figures are available. [13614]
§ Mr. HuttonThe information requested is shown in the table.
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Unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1, estimated whole-time equivalents2 per 1000, weighted population3 by health authority: England 1999 and 2000 Region/HA name 1999 2000 Northern and Yorkshire Bradford 58.0 57.5 Calderdale and Kirklees 52.2 51.7 County Durham and Darlington Health Commission 49.0 48.4 East Riding and Hull 50.6 50.3 Gateshead and South Tyneside 48.6 49.3 Leeds Healthcare 55.5 55.1 Newcastle and North Tyneside 52.5 53.0 North Cumbria 62.2 61.2 North Yorkshire 61.5 61.8 Northumberland 58.2 57.6 Sunderland 44.9 45.3 Tees 50.0 49.4 Wakefield Healthcare 52.3 53.7 Trent Barnsley 43.9 44.7 Doncaster 47.4 47.6 Leicestershire 55.9 55.1 Lincolnshire 53.7 52.9 North Derbyshire 51.8 49.8 North Nottinghamshire 50.2 49.7 Nottingham 51.8 52.5 Rotherham 44.7 45.7 Sheffield 56.3 55.7 South Derbyshire 51.9 52.8 South Humber 52.7 52.4 Eastern Bedfordshire 53.3 53.3 Cambridge and Huntingdon 53.5 55.6 East and North Hertfordshire 53.1 51.3 Norfolk 58.5 58.0 North Essex 53.9 53.6 South Essex 47.3 47.5 Suffolk 57.3 57.5 West Hertfordshire 55.0 54.6 London Barking and Havering 42.9 44.8 Barnet 53.3 53.4 Bexley and Greenwich 47.2 46.7 Brent and Harrow 54.6 53.7 Bromley 48.5 49.1 Camden and Islington 42.8 43.5 Croydon 49.2 47.8 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 48.5 47.6 East London and the City 46.8 47.5
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Unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1, estimated whole-time equivalents2 per 1000, weighted population3 by health authority: England 1999 and 2000 Region/HA name 1999 2000 Enfield and Haringey 51.3 52.5 Hillingdon 43.2 42.6 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 28.8 27.9 Kingston and Richmond 49.7 48.3 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 47.0 48.1 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 46.8 47.7 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 50.0 49.0 South Eastern Berkshire 52.8 51.3 Buckinghamshire 54.7 54.8 East Kent 50.1 50.3 East Surrey 49.4 50.1 East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 50.9 50.8 Isle of Wight Health Commission 59.0 58.2 North and Mid Hampshire 56.8 56.1 Northamptonshire 56.4 55.1 Oxfordshire 58.4 57.8 Portsmouth and South-East Hampshire 53.9 54.3 Southampton and South-West Hampshire 55.5 55.6 West Kent 54.8 54.5 West Surrey 49.7 50.4 West Sussex 51.2 51.5 South Western Avon 55.2 55.0 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 59.4 59.1 Dorset 57.9 57.8 Gloucestershire 60.3 60.3 North and East Devon 60.6 59.8 Somerset 60.5 60.2 South and West Devon 58.1 58.0 Wiltshire 55.9 56.8 West Midlands Birmingham 54.6 54.2 Coventry 53.6 53.7 Dudley 50.9 49.4 Herefordshire 61.1 60.3 North Staffordshire 47.8 46.9 Sandwell 49.8 49.9 Shropshire 58.2 56.4 Solihull 51.9 53.4 South Staffordshire 53.9 52.9 Walsall 50.6 51.2 Warwickshire 53.7 53.7 Wolverhampton 48.9 51.0 Worcestershire 57.0 56.1 North West Bury and Rochdale 53.6 53.1 East Lancashire 50.8 49.9 Liverpool 49.1 49.7 Manchester Health 54.3 53.8 Morecambe Bay 56.7 56.3 North Cheshire 48.7 50.2 North West Lancashire 48.7 48.7 Salford and Trafford 51.3 51.2 Sefton 47.9 48.6 South Cheshire 54.0 54.7 South Lancashire 53.1 51.5
Unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1, estimated whole-time equivalents2 per 1000, weighted population3 by health authority: England 1999 and 2000 Region/HA name 1999 2000 St. Helens and Knowsley 49.4 48.5 Stockport Health 55.4 54.4 West Pennine 50.0 48.9 Wigan and Bolton 46.6 47.2 Wirral 56.3 58.2 England total 62.4 52.3 1 UPEs includes GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs 2 WTE data have been estimated using the results from the 1992–93 GMP Workload Survey 3 HA population data have been weighted using the GMS cash limited age and needs formula used in 1999–2000 and 2000–01 Notes:
1. Full time = 1.00 wte; three quarter time = 0.69 wte; job share = 0.65 wte; half-time = 0.60 wte
2. Data as at 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000
3. This is based on information on actual hours worked by GPs with different contractual commitments
Source:
Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics and ONS Population estimates adjusted for temporary residents, cross boundary flows, rural practices and weighted for GMS CL age and need