Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Wednesday, 16 July 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 8 September 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 8 September 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many general practitioner vacancies there were in each primary care trust in 2002 and how many there are now. - Includes figures.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many general practitioner vacancies there were in each primary care trust in 2002 and how many there are now. [127525] Mr. Hutton: In the 2002 General Practitioner Recruitment Retention and Vacancy Survey, health authorities reported that 2,615 GP vacancies were recorded at some stage during the period March 2001 to February 2002. Figures for individual primary care trusts are not available because the data for the 2002 survey was returned in aggregate form by the former health authorities that existed at the time. The 2003 GP Recruitment, Retention and Vacancy Survey will be published later this year.

Secondary information

Type: Written question
Reference: 127525; 410 c194-5W
Session: 2002-03
Subjects: Health services General practitioners Primary care trusts Vacancies
Contains statistics: Yes
Link: View this Written question on www.publications.parliament.uk