HC Deb 09 July 2002 vol 388 cc917-23W

Mr. Hoban: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how may GPs are working in the NHS, broken down by age group in (a) England and (b) each health authority. [64327]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table. 'All practitioners' include general medical services unrestricted principals, personal medical services (PMS) contracted general practitioners (GPs), PMS salaried GPs, restricted principals, assistants, GP registrars, salaried doctors (para. 52 statement of fees and allowances), PMS other and GP retainers.

All practitioners1 in England by age and health authority as at 30 September 2001
Region name/HA name HA code Total Under 30–34 35–39 40–44 45–49
South Eastern
Berkshire HA QA7 503 18 59 76 99 93
Buckinghamshire HA QA8 452 15 57 91 80 78
East Kent HA QAE 352 10 25 58 71 75
East Surrey HA QAK 281 17 51 42 56 44
East Sussex, Brighton and Hove HA QAM 476 16 47 104 95 77
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA QEV 430 14 47 73 81 99
North and Mid Hampshire HA QDI 358 16 46 67 81 50
Northamptonshire HA QCC 342 16 37 72 82 45
Oxfordshire HA QCE 440 14 58 90 96 65
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA QD3 386 16 51 66 81 61
West Kent HA QAF 592 23 48 89 109 101
West Surrey HA QAL 409 21 45 80 81 65
West Sussex HA QAN 497 24 63 108 97 89
South Western
Avon HA QD8 740 26 102 140 180 118
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA QDV 375 14 44 59 94 62
Dorset HA QDW 534 19 72 116 117 91
Gloucestershire HA QDY 420 19 42 82 89 89
North and East Devon HA QDX 399 20 49 70 93 71
Somerset HA QD5 375 15 36 71 87 69
South and West Devon HA QD6 437 13 48 94 102 77
Wiltshire HA QD7 400 13 49 83 82 68
West Midlands
Birmingham HA QD9 665 28 75 111 109 88
Coventry HA QEA 185 6 12 21 32 43
Dudley HA QEC 179 12 7 30 37 23
Herefordshire HA QED 137 8 19 29 28 16
North Staffordshire HA QEH 256 4 23 37 44 36
Sandwell HA QEE 174 12 11 22 13 20
Shropshire HA QEF 274 9 24 53 67 55
Solihull HA QEG 128 6 19 25 28 18
South Staffordshire HA QEJ 323 11 30 57 69 47
Walsall HA QEK 135 2 10 11 15 14
Warwickshire HA QEL 316 12 41 71 60 44
Wolverhampton HA QEM 141 2 13 25 24 23
Worcestershire HA QEN 350 15 38 70 70 63
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA QCT 234 7 27 41 47 44
East Lancashire HA QCX 302 10 33 40 50 52
Liverpool HA QC2 291 14 39 48 36 54
Manchester Health QC3 312 14 56 39 50 49
Morecambe Bay HA QC4 215 10 21 46 45 29
North Cheshire HA QCV 179 9 20 33 41 27
North West Lancashire HA QCY 268 9 25 50 58 39
Salford and Trafford HA QC6 253 11 25 39 48 40
Sefton HA QC7 173 8 18 36 43 26
South Cheshire HA QCW 479 29 76 101 95 75
South Lancashire HA QCI 180 8 16 37 28 28
St. Helen's and Knowsley HA QC5 202 6 15 37 37 27
Stockport Health QC8 199 16 27 33 45 26
West Pennine HA QC9 236 5 26 44 33 42
Wigan and Bolton HA QDA 308 16 28 36 52 51
Wirral HA QDC 221 11 27 43 43 31
England total 31,835 1,325 3,578 5,591 6,254 5,221

Region name/HA name HA code 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70 and over
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford HA QDD 46 33 15 6 0
Calderdale and Kirklees HA QDT 33 38 25 3 1
County Durham Health Commission QDE 46 35 14 2 0
East Riding HA QDF 48 37 19 7 0
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA QDG 35 15 8 4 0
Leeds Healthcare QDH 61 34 22 11 1
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA QDJ 33 20 8 1 0
North Cumbria HA QDK 32 22 3 0 0

Region name/HA name HA code 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70 and over
North Yorkshire HA QDR 57 38 4 3 0
Northumberland HA QDM 26 31 5 0 0
Sunderland HA QDN 21 26 10 6 0
Tees HA QDP 51 28 16 3 0
Wakefield Health Care QDQ 33 14 8 3 0
Trent
Barnsley HA QCG 20 16 10 4 0
Doncaster HA QCK 27 28 5 5 0
Leicestershire HA QCL 73 57 19 5 0
Lincolnshire HA QCM 50 19 12 3 1
North Derbyshire HA QCH 30 17 9 1 0
North Nottinghamshire HA QCN 32 25 15 3 1
Nottingham HA QCP 43 40 14 3 1
Rotherham HA QCQ 16 12 10 2 0
Sheffield HA QCR 47 32 11 6 1
South Humber HA QDL 22 36 13 5 0
Southern Derbyshire HA QCJ 40 24 14 1 0
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA QA6 60 32 16 4 3
Cambridgeshire HA QER 66 42 13 4 0
Hertfordshire HA QEX 99 43 15 5 1
Norfolk HA QET 89 58 8 1 0
North Essex HA QAX 75 64 10 4 0
South Essex HA QAY 61 60 27 15 0
Suffolk HA QCF 65 47 9 0 0
London
Barking and Havering HA QAP 41 37 28 11 0
Barnet Enfield and Haringey HA QEW 97 85 38 26 5
Bexley. Bromley and Greenwich HA QEY 60 49 35 9 6
Brent and Harrow HA QAR 61 59 32 11 1
Camden and Islington HA QAT 37 23 20 9 0
Croydon HA QAD 29 17 16 8 2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA QAV 71 64 32 22 3
East London and the City HA QAW 92 40 37 31 3
Hillingon HA QA2 17 29 11 4 0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA QA3 38 21 18 13 1
Kingston and Richmond HA QAG 33 18 8 2 0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA QAH 78 50 47 12 3
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA QAJ 46 50 20 10 4
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA QA5 59 41 16 15 4
South Eastern
Berkshire HA QA7 80 49 20 7 2
Buckinghamshire HA QA8 78 37 14 2 0
East Kent HA QAE 60 41 11 1 0
East Surrey HA QAK 33 27 8 2 1
East Sussex. Brighton and Hove HA QAM 61 49 21 4 2
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA QEV 57 45 12 2 0
North and Mid Hampshire HA QDI 60 33 5 0 0
Northamptonshire HA QCC 44 34 10 2 0
Oxfordshire HA QCE 67 44 6 1 0
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA QD3 55 45 10 1 0
West Kent HA QAF 102 67 40 13 0
West Surrey HA QAL 70 28 17 2 0
West Sussex HA QAN 65 33 17 1 0
South Western
Avon HA QD8 104 59 8 3 0
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA QDV 56 41 3 2 0
Dorset HA QDW 81 31 6 1 0
Gloucestershire HA QDY 55 37 6 1 0
North and East Devon HA QDX 54 37 5 0 0
Somerset HA QD5 53 28 14 2 0
South and West Devon HA QD6 52 35 15 1 0
Wiltshire HA QD7 65 32 8 0 0
West Midlands
Birmingham HA QD9 101 76 58 18 1
Coventry HA QEA 26 25 15 6 0
Dudley HA QEC 31 23 14 2 0
Herefordshire HA QED 21 14 1 1 0

Region nume/HA name HA code 50–54 55–59 60–64 65–69 70 and over
North Staffordshire HA QEH 42 35 24 9 2
Sandwell HA QEE 43 30 18 5 0
Shropshire HA QEF 35 22 7 2 0
Solihull HA QEG 11 13 6 2 0
South Staffordshire HA QEJ 57 36 9 7 0
Walsall HA QEK 32 25 20 6 0
Warwickshire HA QEL 39 34 10 5 0
Wolverhampton HA QEM 25 13 11 3 2
Worcestershire HA QEN 55 30 8 0 1
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA QCT 29 18 16 6 0
East Lancashire QCX 47 34 26 10 0
Liverpool HA QC2 39 44 10 5 2
Manchester Health QC3 49 34 16 4 1
Morecambe Bay HA QC4 38 21 3 2 0
North Cheshire HA QCV 20 19 8 2 0
North West Lancashire HA QCY 41 28 14 4 0
Salford and Trafford HA QC6 34 33 15 5 3
Sefton HA QC7 15 12 13 2 0
South Cheshire HA QCW 56 36 10 1 0
South Lancashire HA QC 129 26 6 2 0
St. Helen's and Knowsley HA QC5 33 26 14 6 1
Stockport Health QC8 24 18 8 2 0
West Pennine HA QC9 42 26 11 7 0
Wigan and Bolton HA QDA 63 33 20 9 0
Wirral HA QDC 37 22 4 3 0
England total 4,680 3,244 1,396 486 60
1All practitioners include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para. 52 SFA), PMA Other and GP Retainers.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

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