HC Deb 17 September 2004 vol 424 cc1968-9W
Mr. Burstow

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the 10 primary care trusts with the highest average general practitioner list sizes in England. [189261]

Mr. Hutton

The table shows the 10 primary care trusts with the highest average national general practitioner list sizes in England.

Primary care trusts (PCTs) with the highest average list size for unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs)1
Numbers (headcount)
(UPEs) Patients of (UPEs) Average list size
England 28,568 52,713,780 1,845
5LC Westminster PCT 100 250,884 2,509
5C2 Barking And Dagenham PCT 70 170,493 2,436
5AK Southend On Sea PCT 73 177,522 2,432
5C5 Newham PCT 126 305,285 2,423
5LA Kensington And Chelsea PCT 82 195,743 2,387
5MX Heart Of Birmingham Teaching PCT 132 314,844 2,385
5JP Castle Point And Rochford PCT 73 173,946 2,383
5EY Eastern Leicester PCT 78 185,819 2,382
5MM Cannock Chase PCT 54 128,291 2,376
5GQ Thurrock PCT 63 148,710 2,360

1UPEs include general medical service (QMS) unrestricted principals, personal medical service (PMS) contracted general practitioners and PMS salaried GPs.

Patient data has been revised from previously published figures

Source:

Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.

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