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Dept of Health

Answer

Mr. Flook: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioners there were in (a) Taunton Deane and (b) West Somerset in each year since 1992. [137384] Ms Rosie Winterton: The information requested on the number of general practitioners is shown in the tables. General Medical Practitioners1 for Somerset and Taunton _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 2000 2001 March 2002 2002 March 2003 June 2003 Somerset Coast PCG 4AR01 101 109 -- -- -- -- -- South Somerset 4AY29 71 75 -- -- -- -- -- Bath and North East Somerset 5FL -- -- 142 143 136 154 144 PCT Somerset Coast PCT 5FW -- -- 107 107 112 106 103 South Somerset PCT 5K1 -- -- 75 69 108 109 112 North Somerset PCT 5M8 -- -- 140 121 134 140 137 Taunton and Area PCT 4XM98 100 105 -- -- -- -- -- Taunton Deane PCT 5K2 -- -- 111 108 78 81 81 Total 272 289 575 548 568 590 577 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 All Practitioners include QMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS Other, GP Retainers and Flexible Career Scheme GPs Note: Data as at 1 October 1999, 30 September 2000-02, 31 March 2002-03 and 30 June 2003. Source: Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers)1 for Somerset and Taunton Numbers (headcount) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1999 2000 2001 March 2002 2002 March 2003 June 2003 Somerset Coast PCT 4AR01 101 105 -- -- -- -- -- South Somerset PCT 4AY29 71 72 -- -- -- -- -- Bath and North East Somerset 5FL -- -- 135 136 128 144 144 PCT Somerset Coast PCT 5FW -- -- 105 103 108 103 100 South Somerset PCT 5K1 -- -- 69 69 103 104 107 North Somerset PCT 5M8 -- -- 127 121 124 132 137 Taunton and Area PCT 4XM98 100 101 -- -- -- -- -- Taunton Deane PCT 5K2 -- -- 105 104 78 78 79 Total 272 278 541 533 541 561 567 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 All practitioners (excluding GP retainers) include PMS unrestricted principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS Other, and Flexible Career Scheme GPs Note: Data as at 1 October 1999, 30 September 2000-02, 31 March 2002-03 and 30 June 2003. Source: Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics. General Medical Practitioners (excluding retainers) 1 for Somerset health authority Number (headcount) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Somerset HA 1992 294 1993 308 1994 322 1995 326 1996 331 1997 330 1998 338 1999 346 2000 350 2001 356 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 All Practitioners include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, GP Registrars, Salaried Doctors (Para 52 SFA), PMS Other and Flexible Career Scheme GPs Note: Data as at 1 October 1992-99 and 30 September 2000-01. Source: Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

137384; 413 c1114-6W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

General practitioners Staff Somerset

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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