Written question asked by Tom Cox (Labour) on Monday, 17 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 24 May 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 24 May 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many patients there were per general practitioner within the London Borough of Wandsworth at the most recent recorded date. - Inc table. (Further information on 12.10.2004 at 425 c261W)

Answer: Tom Cox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many patients there were per general practitioner within the London borough of Wandsworth at the most recent recorded date. [174494] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is collected by primary care trust (PCT) rather than London borough. Information for Wandsworth PCT is shown in the table. Patients of unrestricted principals and equivalents (UPEs) 1 for Wandsworth PCT _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Wandsworth PCT UPEs 174 Patients of UPEs 302,798 Average list size 1,740 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 UPEs include general medical service unrestricted principals, personal medical services contracted general practitioners and personal medical service salaried GPs. Data as at 30 September 2003. Source: Department of Health general and personal medical services statistics.

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