HC Deb 15 March 2004 vol 419 cc114-5W
Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there are per head of population in(a) Greater London and (b) each London borough. [158438]

Mr. Hutton

[holding answer 3 March 2004]Information on number of general practitioners per head of population is not collected by London borough. Information by primary care trust within the five London strategic health authority areas is shown in the table.

All practitioners1 per 100,000 of weighted population2 for London by PCT as at 31 March 2003
Population All practitioners1 All practitioners per 1,000 population All practitioners per 100,000 population
Q06 North East London
5A4 Havering PCT 226,567 137 0.6 60.5
5C2 Barking and Dangenham PCT 168,575 74 0.4 43.9
5C3 City and Hackney PCT 232,010 180 0.8 77.6
5C4 Tower Hamlets PCT 203,175 156 0.8 76.8
5C5 Newham PCT 256,047 171 0.7 66.8
5C6 Walthamstow, Leyton and Leytonstone PCT 161,469 100 0.6 61.9
5C7 Chingford, Wanstead and Woodford PCT 114,526 89 0.8 77.7
5C8 Redbridge PCT 158,619 92 0.6 58.0
Q07 South East London
5A7 Bromley PCT 281,817 196 0.7 69.5
5A8 Greenwich PCT 223,187 138 0.6 61.8
5AX Bexley PCT 196,863 114 0.6 57.9
5LD Lambeth PCT 274,572 201 0.7 73.2
5LE Southwark PCT 239,874 156 0.7 65.0
5LF Lewisham PCT 249,051 162 0.7 65.0
Q08 South West London
5A5 Kingston PCT 146,674 108 0.7 73.6
5K9 Croydon PCT 304,201 210 0.7 69.0
5LG Wandsworth PCT 242,365 192 0.8 79.2
5M6 Richmond and Twinckenham PCT 157,611 128 0.8 81.2
5M7 Sutton and Merton PCT 331,277 220 0.7 66.4
1Salaried Doctors (Para. 52 SFA), PMS Other and GP Retainers.
2Population derived from GP registered lists normalised to national totals as recorded in ONS population census.

Sources: Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. Department of Health Calculation of GMSNCL weighted populations