HC Deb 16 September 2004 vol 424 cc1758-9WS
Mr. Sanders

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS patients were registered with GPs in the Torbay Primary Care Trust area in each of the last five years for which figures are available. [188135]

Ms Rosie Winterton

The number of national health service patients registered with general practitioners in the Torbay Primary Care Trust area for the last five years is shown in the table.

Patients of Unrestricted Principals and Equivalents (UPEs)1 for

Torbay Primary Care Trust Group

Number
Torbay PCT Torbay PCG
5CW 4FC69
1999 n/a 137,830
2000 n/a 137,613
2001 140,471 n/a
2002 140,790 n/a
2003 142,209 n/a

n/a = not available.

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

Notes:

Data as at 1 October 1999 and 30 September 2000–03.

2003 patient data has been revised from previously published figures.

Source:

Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.