§ Miss McIntoshTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what the level of applications for partners in GP
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Strategic health authority White Ethnic minority Disabled Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 7 0 0 Bedford and Hertfordshire 6 0 3 Birmingham and Black Country 5 1 0 Cheshire and Merseyside 6 1 0 County Durham and Tees Valley 7 0 0 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 6 1 0 Cumbria and Lancashire 7 1 0 Dorset and Somerset 6 1 0 Essex 7 0 0 Greater Manchester 6 0 0 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 7 0 0 Kent and Medway 7 0 1 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 7 1 0 London South West 5 1 0 London South East 5 2 0 London North West 5 2 0 London North East 4 1 0 practices was in (a) England, (b) York and (c) North Yorkshire on (i) 1 May 1997 and (ii) I September 2002. [85804]
§ Mr. HuttonWe do not have specific detail of the level of applications for partners in general practitioner (GP) practices in the areas and at the times requested. However the Medical Practices Committee survey of GP recruitment in England and Wales 1997 estimated that there was an average of 8.4 applicants per general medical service partner vacancy in 1997.
The latest Department report—"the General Practitioner Recruitment, Retention and Vacancy Survey 2002 for England and Wales", estimated that there was an average of 4.4 applicants per unrestricted principal or equivalent GP vacancy in the 12 months period ending 28 February 2002.
We do not have estimates for the number of applicants on any regional basis.