§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (i) GP surgeries and (ii) single handed GP surgeries there have been in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by(a) region and (b) health authority. [42586]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 12 March 2002]: The information requested is shown in the table. The table identifies all General Practitioner partnerships (but not individual GP surgeries) including those "partnerships of one", by region and health authority. Some GPs who practice without being in partnership with another doctor may have a salaried Assistant or may work in a group practice.
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Partnerships and single-handed partnerships of unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1 in England by 2001 Health Authorities, 1997–2001 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 Region name HA name HA code All partnerships of which which single-handed All parnterships of which single- handed All partnerships of which single- handed All partnerships of which single- handed All partnerships of which single- handed Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA QAV 196 94 188 84 190 86 189 90 188 89 East London & The City HA QAW 165 75 166 77 164 72 165 74 161 75 Hillingdon HA QA2 55 21 55 23 52 18 53 22 53 19 Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA QA3 106 59 104 57 102 54 99 48 99 46 Kingston & Richmond HA QAG 62 18 61 18 61 18 62 18 60 15 Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA QAH 162 62 166 62 162 60 159 57 161 56 Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA QAJ 132 46 128 42 124 39 118 35 115 32 Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA QA5 120 63 123 58 119 57 116 54 121 63 South Eastern Berkshire HA QA7 116 27 117 29 121 31 118 30 118 28 Buckinghamshire HA QA8 92 9 95 13 95 11 95 9 92 5 East Kent HA QAE 110 47 109 43 106 37 102 31 101 30 East Surrey HA QAK 62 10 61 11 60 11 61 12 57 11 East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA QAM 137 44 136 39 135 39 132 34 131 34 Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA QEV 99 13 96 10 97 11 96 10 94 8 North & Mid Hampshire HA QD1 69 9 67 6 66 6 65 5 66 7 Northamptonshire HA QCC 82 10 83 12 79 12 76 10 76 8 Oxfordshire HA QCE 87 10 87 10 88 8 87 8 86 6 Southampton & South West Kent HA QD3 79 13 78 12 78 11 79 11 78 10 West Kent HA QAF 213 93 215 96 208 89 204 82 204 85 West Surrey HA QAL 86 16 86 16 84 14 85 15 84 14 West Sussex HA QAN 98 10 96 8 100 11 97 10 95 10 South Western Avon HA QD8 147 19 147 22 147 19 146 22 145 19 Cornwall & Isles of Stilly HA QDV 77 5 76 5 76 4 75 3 74 2 Dorset HA QDW 108 17 108 15 110 16 110 16 109 15 Gloucestershire HA QDY 84 4 84 4 85 4 85 4 85 4 North & East Devon HA QDX 76 7 76 7 76 8 77 9 76 9 Somerset HA QD5 75 10 76 12 77 11 77 11 76 7 South & West Devon HA QD6 102 16 102 16 102 17 102 16 102 16 Wiltshire HA QD7 92 22 91 17 94 19 94 18 94 19 West Midlands Birmingham HA QD9 247 107 245 109 242 100 239 97 239 100 Coventry HA QEA 65 21 66 22 67 22 66 21 64 19 Dudley HA QEC 63 24 61 22 60 23 59 21 59 21 Herefordshire HA QED 26 2 27 2 26 2 26 2 25 1 North Staffordshire HA QEH 101 44 102 43 103 45 102 46 99 44 Sandwell HA QEE 70 28 69 28 68 27 67 27 69 32 Shropshire HA QEF 65 7 65 6 67 7 67 9 67 10 Solihull HA QEG 32 6 32 7 34 9 32 5 31 3 South Staffordshire HA QEJ 97 38 99 40 102 43 101 42 105 50 Walsall HA QEK 72 39 70 38 69 38 68 36 67 38 Warwickshire HA QEL 81 18 79 16 75 12 76 12 75 11 Wolverhampton HA QEM 64 31 65 36 67 40 70 40 69 40 Worcestershire HA QEN 67 4 68 4 68 4 68 4 68 4 North West Bury & Rochdale HA QCT 79 29 78 25 79 26 80 28 75 22 East Lancashire HA QCX 112 43 111 41 115 46 110 43 109 41 Liverpool HA QC2 106 42 106 45 105 45 108 49 105 46 Manchester Health QC3 109 36 109 40 110 38 107 34 110 37 Morecambe Bay HA QC4 59 17 59 16 59 15 59 16 59 18 North Cheshire HA QCV 46 14 47 14 49 16 48 13 49 14 North West Lancashire HA QCY 91 34 91 33 89 32 89 31 86 28 Salford & Trafford HA QC6 113 51 114 47 114 50 115 54 109 49 Sefton HA QC7 53 17 53 16 53 17 53 16 52 18 South Cheshire HA QCW 93 9 93 6 95 9 94 9 94 9 South Lancashire HA QC1 65 22 69 27 67 25 66 25 66 24 St. Helen's & Knowsley HA QC5 76 26 76 25 76 24 77 28 77 30 Stockport Health QC8 60 20 60 17 60 15 59 14 59 17 West Pennine HA QC9 91 35 92 33 91 28 93 32 91 31 Wigan & Bolton HA QDA 128 59 128 57 123 53 125 51 118 45 Wirral HA QDC 64 11 63 11 64 11 65 10 63 10 England Total 9,003 2,719 8,994 2,683 8,944 2,631 8,878 2,575 8,817 2,534 1 UPEs include GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs. Data as at 1 October 1997 to 1999 and 30 September 2000 and 2001. Source:
General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
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