Personal Medical Services Contracts

HC Deb 11 December 2002 vol 396 c399W

Tim Loughton

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs in the Adur, Arun and Worthing Primary Care Trust work to personal medical services contracts. [86804]

Ms Blears

[holding answer 10 December 2002]The information requested is shown in the table.

GMS and PMS practitioners in Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT and England as at 31 March 2002
Number (headcount)
	Adur, Arun and Worthing PCT	England
All Practitioners1
Total	137	32,011
GMS	129	26,278
PMS	8	5,733
Of which:
NHS Plan GPs2
Total	127	28,950
GMS	120	23,759
PMS	7	5,191
Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents
(UPEs)3
Total	123	27,956
GMS	116	23,091
PMS	7	4,865
1 All Practitioners include UPEs, Restricted Principals, GP Registrars, Assistants, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS Others and GP Retainers.
2 NHS Plan GPs include UPEs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA) and PMS Others.
3 UPEs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs and PMS Salaried GPs.

Note:

March 2002 data has been converted to match April 2002 PCT boundaries.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics