Speeches

Jim Cunningham – 2016 Parliamentary Question to the Department of Health

The below Parliamentary question was asked by Jim Cunningham on 2016-03-02.

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what the average number of patients registered at each GP surgery was in each of the last five years; and if he will make a statement.

Alistair Burt

The table below illustrates the average number of patients per practice over the last five years for which data is available:

2010

2011

2012

2013

2014

Average practice list size

6,610

6,651

6,891

7,034

7,171

Source: Health and Social Care Information Centre – General and Personal Medical Services 2004-2014 March 2015

http://www.hscic.gov.uk/catalogue/PUB16934/nhs-staf-2004-2014-gene-prac-rep.pdf