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Written question asked by Lord Randall of Uxbridge (Conservative) on Tuesday, 24 January 2006, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 26 January 2006. It was answered by Baroness Winterton of Doncaster (Labour) on Friday, 3 March 2006 on behalf of the Department of Health.

General Practitioners

Question
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent NHS general practitioners have been employed in the Uxbridge constituency in each year since 1997; and if she will make a statement.
Answer

The Department does not hold this information in the format requested. However, the table shows figures for all practitioners employed for the organisations that have served the Uxbridge constituency from 1997 to June 2005.

All practitioners (excluding retainers)1 for selected organisations, 1997-June 2005—England Estimated full-time equivalents
1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 June 2005
Q04 North West London 1,107 1,097 1,055 1,044 1,064 1,056 1,087 1,131 1,141
QA2 Hillingdon HA 127 132 128 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
4GP22 Hillingdon PCG n/a n/a n/a 129 n/a n/a n/a n/a n/a
5AT Hillingdon PCT n/a n/a n/a n/a 131 129 132 140 134
n/a=data not applicable
Notes: 1. Full-time equivalent (FTE) data has been estimated using the results from the 1992–93 General Medical Practice Workload Survey For 1994–2003 full-time=1.00 FTE; three quarter time=0.69 FTE; job share=0.65 FTE; and half time=0.60 FTE For 2004—All GPs—full-time 1.0 FTE; part time=0.6 FTE, and therefore may not be fully comparable with previous years. 2. Primary care trusts(PCT)/primary care groups (PCG) did not come into existence until 1 April 2000, prior to this data was only available at health authority (HA) level which does not necessarily compare with present day organisational structure 3. Data as at 1 October 1997–99, 30 September 2000–04 and 30 June 2005 Source: NHS Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
(30) All practitioners (excluding retainers) includes contracted general practitioners, general medical service others, personal medical service others and GP registrars.

Secondary information

Type
Written question
Reference
46606; 443 c1042-4W;443 c1042-4W
Session
2005-06
Subjects
General practitioners Staff Uxbridge
Contains statistics
Yes
Link
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