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National Service Framework for

Long-term Health Conditions

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if neurology will be included in the remit of the national service framework for long-term health conditions; and if he will make a statement. [60087]

Jacqui Smith: The Department has recently confirmed that the national service framework for long-term health conditions will focus on developing standards of care for specific neurological conditions and some of the generic issues relevant to people with a long-term condition.

Care Budgets

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what projections he has made of numbers of (a) long-term care beds, (b) nursing and residential beds and (c) acute care beds; what implications this will have for funding arrangements for care budgets (i) in general and (ii) with respect to continence care; and if he will make a statement. [60086]

Jacqui Smith: I refer the hon. Member to the reply which I gave him on 16 May 2002, Official Report, column 871W. The projections published by the Personal Social Service Research Unit also include projections of long-stay beds in hospital. Projections of general and acute beds are contained in "Delivering the NHS Plan", copies of which are available in the Library.

In planning expenditure on long-term care, we need to take into account a number of other factors beyond the numbers of beds. People generally prefer to be supported in their own homes and so we are developing services which promote greater independence. As announced in the Budget, we are increasing the resources for personal social services by six per cent. in real terms in each of the next three years. This will ensure that councils have the resources that they need to purchase good quality services for the people that they serve. The organisation and

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provision of continence services, and the manner in which they are delivered, is a matter for primary care trusts and NHS trusts. They are under an obligation to provide these services where the need exists, in light of resources and local priorities.

Epsom Hospital

Chris Grayling: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what conditions as to future usage were applied to the handover of the Epsom hospital cluster sites to the NHS; and whether covenants remain which require areas of the sites to be used for specific purposes. [60239]

Jacqui Smith: No conditions were attached to the future usage of land in the Epsom cluster not do any covenants apply.

Hospital Discharges

Mr. Burstow: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer to the hon. Member for Maidenhead (Mrs. May), of 15 May 2002,, Official Report, column 735W, on hospital discharges, (1) if he will set out the target number of the maximum number of beds blocked following the 20 per cent. reduction of bed blockers as proposed in, Delivering the NHS Plan, paragraph 8.10; [60814]

(2) how many people had their discharge delayed in March, broken down by (a) reason, (b) health authority and (c) length of delay. [60815]

Jacqui Smith [holding answers 12 June 2002]: All information, collected centrally, on delayed discharge in March 2002, quarter 4 of 2001–02, has been placed in the Library. The NHS Plan target is to reduce the number of delayed discharges from hospitals by 20 per cent. between March 2002 and March 2003.

Malignant Neoplasms

Bob Spink: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the five most common malignant neoplasms for NHS patients; and how many deaths were incurred as a result of each for (a) men and (b) women in 2001. [61855]

Ruth Kelly: I have been asked to reply.

The information requested falls within the responsibility of the National Statistician. I have asked him to reply.

Letter from Len Cook to Bob Spink, dated 17 June 2002:

As National Statistician, I have been asked to reply to your recent question concerning the five most common malignant neoplasms for NHS patients; and the number of deaths incurred as a result of each for (a) men and (b) women in 2001. (61855)

The information that is available on new cases of cancer relates to all those registered in England in each year. It is likely that the vast majority of these will have had some contact with the NHS during their treatment, but it is not possible to state which were NHS patients. The most recently available information is for cases diagnosed in 1998 and for deaths occurring in 2000. Figures for all new cases of the five most common cancers and all deaths from these cancers are given in the table.

Number of new cases⁽⁶³⁾ of the five most common cancers, England,⁽⁶⁴⁾ 1998; and a number of deaths⁽⁶⁵⁾ from these cancers, England,⁽⁶⁴⁾ 2000⁽⁶⁶⁾

	Men		Women
5 most common cancers	Number of new cases in 1998	Number of deaths in 2000	5 most common cancers	Number of new cases in 1998	Number of deaths in 2000
Bronchus and lung	19,487	16,875	Breast	32,908	10,609
Prostate	19,335	7,785	Colon and rectum	13,459	6,278
Colon and rectum	14,927	6,945	Bronchus and lung	11,789	10,338
Bladder	7,529	2,727	Ovary	5,529	3,653
Stomach	5,209	3,356	Corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified	4,407	1,243

⁽⁶³⁾ defined using the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Tenth Revision (ICD-10):

Stomach—C16

Colon and rectum—C18-C21

Bronchus and lung—C34

Breast—C50

Corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified—C54-C55

Ovary—C56

Prostate—C61

Bladder—C67

⁽⁶⁴⁾ data are for residents of England.

⁽⁶⁵⁾ defined using the following codes from the International Classification of Diseases, Ninth Revision (ICD-9):

Stomach—151

Colon and rectum—153–154

Bronchus and lung—162.2–162.9

Breast—174

Corpus uteri and uterus, part unspecified—179, 182

Ovary—183.0

Prostate—185

Bladder—188

⁽⁶⁶⁾ data are for cases diagnosed and deaths occurring in each calendar year.

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Laboratory and Generic Research

Dr. Fox: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will make a statement on the reduction of cost weights for laboratory and generic research. [61470]

Margaret Hodge: I have been asked to reply.

The Higher Education Funding Council for England has reviewed the annual data from higher education institutions on the relative costs of research in different subjects and, in the light of that, has reduced the weight attached to the most expensive subjects in calculating research funding in 2002–03.

False Memory Syndrome

Mrs. Curtis-Thomas: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what research has been conducted by his Department into false memory syndrome since 1997; who undertook the research; and when the papers were published. [61871]

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Ms Blears: The Department has not directly commissioned any recent research into false memory syndrome. The Department provides national health service (NHS) research and development (R&D) funding to meet the NHS costs of hosting R&D supported by funders such as the research councils and charities. Details of ongoing and recently completed research projects funded by or of interest to the NHS are available on the National Research Register at www.doh.gov.uk/ research/nrr.htm.

General Practitioners

Dr. Evan Harris: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many whole-time equivalent general practitioners, excluding GP retrainees and GP registrars, per 100,000 population there were in each health authority in each of the last six years; [60826]

(2) what the average percentage annual increase of whole-time equivalent general practitioners was, excluding GP retrainees and GP registrars, in each health authority in each year since 1996. [60827]

Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Plan GPs⁽⁶⁷⁾ per 100,000 population, by 2001 health authorities as at 1 October 1996–99 and 30 September 2000–01Estimated whole time equivalents⁽⁶⁸⁾

Region/HA name	HA code	1996(69)	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford HA	QDD	54.6	55.4	56.2	57.2	56.2	58.9
Calderdale and Kirklees HA	QDT	50.0	49.6	49.2	50.1	49.6	50.7
County Durham Health Commission	QDE	50.1	50.7	50.6	51.2	51.7	54.2
East Riding HA	QDF	51.1	50.6	50.4	50.6	50.3	50.9
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	QDG	51.7	51.3	51.6	53.0	53.1	54.1
Leeds Healthcare	QDH	54.3	54.1	54.3	55.1	54.8	55.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	QDJ	55.6	55.8	55.0	55.3	55.7	56.5
North Cumbria HA	QDK	61.2	60.6	60.0	60.7	60.0	60.7
North Yorkshire HA	QDR	58.5	58.3	58.7	58.1	57.8	58.2
Northumberland HA	QDM	58.8	58.0	58.0	59.0	58.1	59.9
Sunderland HA	QDN	45.7	45.2	45.3	47.1	46.6	50.5
Tees HA	QDP	48.9	51.1	50.5	50.3	50.5	52.3
Wakefield Healthcare	QDQ	55.0	54.9	54.4	54.7	55.7	57.8
Trent
Barnsley HA	QCG	48.7	48.2	47.5	49.1	49.0	49.0
Doncaster HA	QCK	51.2	50.1	50.4	50.4	50.6	51.8
Leicestershire HA	QCL	52.1	52.4	52.3	51.2	50.5	50.7
Lincolnshire HA	QCM	53.1	52.7	52.7	53.3	53.3	52.8
North Derbyshire HA	QCH	49.6	50.1	51.1	51.7	50.0	49.8
North Nottinghamshire HA	QCN	44.2	48.2	49.6	49.4	49.8	49.8
Nottingham HA	QCP	50.2	48.6	48.4	50.3	51.4	50.8
Rotherham HA	QCQ	45.0	45.4	45.8	45.2	47.0	47.2
Sheffield HA	QCR	58.1	58.0	57.4	57.9	57.3	56.5
South Humber HA	QDL	50.9	54.6	52.8	54.1	53.4	52.4
Southern Derbyshire HA	QCJ	53.4	52.1	52.0	50.0	51.1	52.3
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA	QA6	51.2	51.6	51.4	51.0	51.0	50.6
Cambridgeshire HA	QER	52.9	53.0	52.3	51.3	53.5	52.6
Hertfordshire	QEX	53.3	53.9	54.7	54.1	53.1	53.1
Norfolk HA	QET	54.9	55.7	55.8	55.9	54.4	55.1
North Essex HA	QAX	50.5	51.1	50.2	50.2	49.6	48.3
South Essex HA	QAY	46.2	46.2	47.7	47.1	46.6	45.6
Suffolk HA	QCF	54.8	54.6	55.3	55.0	54.2	52.9
London
Barking and Havering HA	QAP	47.4	48.6	48.0	47.6	50.6	47.5
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey HA	QEW	56.7	56.1	57.1	55.4	55.8	55.3
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA	QEY	49.1	50.5	49.4	50.7	49.8	48.2
Brent and Harrow HA	QAR	61.4	62.6	61.4	59.1	58.0	59.5
Camden and Islington HA	QAT	61.3	66.4	63.3	63.1	62.6	58.8
Croydon HA	QAD	48.4	54.4	51.0	50.4	49.2	46.6
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	QAV	56.7	63.5	60.5	57.6	55.9	54.2
East London and the City HA	QAW	60.6	63.3	62.9	62.1	62.3	60.7
Hillingdon HA	QA2	48.5	48.1	48.9	47.6	47.3	48.1
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	QA3	54.8	61.8	57.1	54.4	51.1	49.9
Kingston and Richmond HA	QAG	54.5	53.2	52.6	53.9	52.4	50.6
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	QAH	54.9	55.7	56.1	57.4	55.9	58.3
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	QAJ	51.0	52.6	51.5	50.8	50.3	51.1
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	QA5	48.0	50.4	50.7	49.9	49.6	49.3
South Eastern
Berkshire HA	QA7	50.6	50.0	51.5	52.5	52.5	52.4
Buckinghamshire HA	QA8	53.4	52.8	53.2	53.9	54.2	54.0
East Kent HA	QAE	51.3	51.1	51.0	50.7	49.7	49.7
East Surrey HA	QAK	51.4	50.7	51.2	50.0	50.0	48.9
East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA	QAM	53.2	52.8	52.9	52.2	52.0	51.9
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	QEV	52.5	53.8	54.5	54.3	54.6	53.9
North and Mid Hampshire HA	QD1	51.8	51.5	51.3	50.4	49.7	49.1
Northamptonshire HA	QCC	50.2	50.1	49.9	47.6	46.4	46.1
Oxfordshire HA	QCE	55.5	55.6	55.8	55.9	54.9	54.9
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	QD3	56.1	56.2	55.4	55.9	56.0	56.1
West Kent HA	QAF	53.6	53.8	53.3	52.9	52.0	51.1
West Surrey HA	QAL	52.5	52.2	52.1	50.5	50.6	51.2
West Sussex HA	QAN	54.1	53.6	53.4	53.3	53.5	52.8
South Western
Avon HA	QD8	54.0	54.1	54.6	54.4	53.9	54.2
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	QDV	60.9	60.1	59.9	59.1	58.5	59.2
Dorset HA	QDW	58.7	58.9	59.1	59.2	59.1	58.6
Gloucestershire HA	QDY	57.5	57.8	58.4	57.3	56.7	56.3
North and East Devon HA	QDX	59.9	61.7	60.9	59.9	59.3	59.1
Somerset HA	QD5	56.8	56.7	57.1	57.8	58.3	57.2
South and West Devon HA	QD6	58.5	58.4	58.7	58.0	58.0	58.8
Wiltshire HA	QD7	51.4	50.9	51.7	52.5	52.9	52.3
West Midlands
Birmingham HA	QD9	55.9	55.0	55.8	56.3	56.1	55.6
Coventry HA	QEA	53.4	53.0	53.5	54.8	55.3	55.0
Dudley HA	QEC	48.3	49.6	50.1	47.9	47.9	50.1
Herefordshire HA	QED	58.5	61.1	62.1	60.0	60.0	59.6
North Staffordshire HA	QEH	50.3	48.7	49.5	49.4	48.7	47.7
Sandwell HA	QEE	51.5	52.6	52.1	54.5	54.4	54.4
Shropshire HA	QEF	54.5	53.6	53.1	54.8	53.3	53.1
Solihull HA	QEG	51.8	52.6	51.8	51.3	52.6	51.7
South Staffordshire HA	QEJ	45.7	46.1	47.3	48.7	48.9	48.1
Walsall HA	QEK	50.4	50.1	49.5	50.1	49.6	48.7
Warwickshire HA	QEL	51.8	51.9	51.2	50.5	50.7	51.0
Wolverhampton HA	QEM	49.8	51.2	50.4	50.3	52.7	51.6
Worcestershire HA	QEN	54.3	54.0	54.5	55.0	53.3	54.1
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA	QCT	50.9	51.5	52.3	52.8	53.1	51.7
East Lancashire HA	QCX	55.2	52.4	53.2	53.3	53.0	52.6
Liverpool HA	QC2	52.5	53.9	53.3	53.5	53.4	53.7
Manchester Health	QC3	61.8	61.8	59.9	61.9	59.6	59.9
Morecambe Bay HA	QC4	51.6	57.3	58.7	57.5	57.4	56.6
North Cheshire HA	QCV	49.4	47.1	47.8	49.5	49.7	50.4
North West Lancashire HA	QCY	50.9	50.3	51.3	50.7	50.7	51.2
Salford and Trafford HA	QC6	51.8	51.7	52.7	52.6	53.4	51.2
Sefton HA	QC7	48.9	50.5	50.3	50.8	50.8	51.4
South Cheshire HA	QCW	53.9	53.9	53.5	55.1	55.1	54.3
South Lancashire HA	QC1	52.8	50.8	51.2	50.9	49.9	50.8
St. Helens and Knowsley HA	QC5	51.7	52.4	52.4	52.9	52.1	54.8
Stockport Health	QC8	51.0	50.2	50.7	52.6	52.3	53.2
West Pennine HA	QC9	46.4	47.4	47.6	47.6	46.6	47.3
Wigan and Bolton HA	QDA	49.1	49.3	49.3	48.0	48.8	47.4
Wirral HA	QDC	55.9	56.8	57.2	57.3	58.6	57.9
England Total		53.1	53.5	53.5	53.4	53.1	53.0

⁽⁶⁷⁾ NHS Plan GPs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, Salaried Doctors (Para. 52 SFA) and PMS Other.

⁽⁶⁸⁾ WTE data have been estimated using the results from the 1992–93GMP Workload Survey. Full-time = 1.00 wte; three quarter time = 0.69 wte, job share = 0.65 wte, half time = 0.60 wte.

⁽⁶⁹⁾ There were 286 LIZ Assistants in the 1996 census, we do not have sufficient details to calculate wte data below a national level. The national total for 1996 has been estimated based onavailable headcount data and a such will not equal the sum of components. Because of this, London data for 1996 and subsequent calculations based on 1996 London data needs to be treated with caution.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics and ONS Population estimates/projections.

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NHS Plan GPs⁽⁷⁰⁾ by 2001 health authorities as at 1 October 1996–99 and 30 September 2000–01Estimated whole time equivalents⁽⁷¹⁾

	1996(72)		1997		1998		1999		2000		2001
Region/HA name	GPs	% change	GPs	% change	GPs	% change	GPs	% change	GPs	% change	GPs	%(73) change
Northern and Yorkshire
Bradford HA	264	1.4	268	1.4	272	1.9	277	-1.2	273	5.0	287	1.7
Calderdale and Kirklees HA	291	-0.7	289	-0.5	287	2.0	293	-0.3	292	2.4	299	0.6
County Durham Health Commission	305	1.2	309	-0.3	308	1.0	311	0.9	314	4.7	328	1.5
East Riding HA	294	-1.2	291	-0.3	290	0.1	290	-0.6	288	1.5	293	-0.1
Gateshead and South Tyneside HA	184	-1.0	183	-0.1	182	2.1	186	-0.3	186	1.5	188	0.4
Leeds Healthcare	395	-0.3	394	0.4	395	1.3	400	-0.5	398	1.3	403	0.4
Newcastle and North Tyneside HA	265	-0.3	264	-2.0	259	-0.3	258	0.4	259	1.2	262	-0.2
North Cumbria HA	195	-0.6	193	-0.9	192	0.6	193	-1.3	190	1.2	193	-0.2
North Yorkshire HA	430	0.1	430	1.2	436	-0.3	434	0.3	436	1.3	441	0.5
Northumberland HA	181	-0.8	179	0.2	180	1.9	183	-1.5	180	3.2	186	0.6
Sunderland HA	135	-1.7	132	0.2	133	3.3	137	-1.3	135	7.9	146	1.6
Tees HA	273	4.3	284	-1.1	281	-0.6	279	0.7	281	3.2	290	1.3
Wakefield Healthcare	175	-0.3	174	-0.3	174	0.7	175	2.1	178	3.7	185	1.2
Trent
Barnsley HA	111	-0.8	110	-1.3	108	3.4	112	-0.2	112	0.1	112	0.2
Doncaster HA	150	-2.2	146	0.0	146	-0.1	146	0.5	147	2.1	150	0.1
Leicestershire HA	483	0.9	487	-0.3	486	-1.4	479	-1.0	474	1.0	479	-0.2
Lincolnshire HA	327	-0.3	326	0.6	328	2.1	335	0.9	338	-0.1	338	0.6
North Derbyshire HA	184	0.7	185	2.1	189	1.4	192	-3.1	186	-0.4	185	0.1
North Notinghamshire HA	173	8.7	188	2.6	193	0.3	194	0.8	195	-0.1	195	2.4
Nottingham HA	322	-3.0	312	-0.2	311	3.6	322	2.0	329	-1.0	325	0.2
Rotherham HA	115	0.9	116	0.6	117	-1.6	115	3.7	119	0.4	119	0.8
Sheffield HA	308	-0.2	307	-0.8	305	0.7	307	-1.2	304	-1.4	299	-0.6
South Humber HA	158	6.7	169	-3.7	163	2.4	167	-1.5	164	-2.3	161	0.3
Southern Derbyshire HA	299	-1.7	293	0.5	295	-3.4	285	2.6	292	2.9	301	0.2
Eastern
Bedfordshire HA	281	1.4	285	0.5	286	0.1	287	0.7	289	0.0	288	0.5
Cambridgeshire HA	384	1.6	390	-0.1	390	-4.5	372	5.0	391	-0.6	388	0.2
Hertfordshire	541	2.0	552	2.4	565	-0.2	564	-1.0	558	0.6	561	0.7
Norfolk HA	414	2.2	423	1.0	427	4.3	445	-1.8	437	1.8	445	1.5
North Essex HA	447	1.8	455	-1.1	450	0.9	454	-0.3	453	-2.0	444	-0.2
South Essex HA	324	0.6	326	3.7	338	-0.7	335	-0.6	333	-1.6	328	0.3
Suffolk HA	363	0.3	364	2.0	371	-0.1	371	-0.6	369	-1.8	362	0.0
London
Barking and Havering HA	182	2.5	187	-1.3	184	0.0	184	6.3	196	-6.3	183	0.1
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey HA	452	0.3	454	2.9	467	-1.4	461	1.8	469	0.5	471	0.8
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich HA	357	3.0	368	-2.0	361	3.4	373	-1.0	369	-2.9	358	0.1
Brent and Harrow HA	281	2.5	288	-1.1	285	-3.5	275	-1.0	272	3.7	282	0.1
Camden and Islington HA	224	8.9	244	-4.4	233	0.9	235	1.6	239	-4.9	227	0.3
Croydon HA	161	13.0	182	-5.5	172	-1.3	170	-1.7	167	-4.4	160	-0.2
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow HA	374	12.9	422	-3.9	406	-2.9	394	-2.0	386	-1.7	380	0.3
East London and the City HA	367	4.5	383	0.6	385	0.8	388	2.0	396	-1.0	392	1.4
Hillingdon HA	120	0.0	120	2.4	123	-1.8	121	0.1	121	3.1	125	0.7
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster HA	199	16.9	233	-4.0	223	0.0	223	-0.5	222	-0.2	222	2.2
Kingston and Richmond HA	175	-0.5	175	0.8	176	5.0	185	-1.6	182	-1.7	179	0.4
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham HA	404	1.6	411	1.9	418	3.5	433	-1.8	425	4.9	446	2.0
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth HA	319	3.3	329	-1.9	323	-0.3	322	0.0	322	2.3	329	0.7
Redbridge and Waltham Forest HA	216	5.0	227	1.0	230	-1.7	226	-0.5	224	-0.2	224	0.7
South Eastern
Berkshire HA	400	-0.3	399	3.2	412	2.1	420	0.2	421	0.9	425	1.2
Buckinghamshire HA	359	-0.3	358	1.5	363	2.3	371	1.1	375	0.8	378	1.1
East Kent HA	304	0.6	306	0.2	306	0.8	309	-1.0	306	0.4	307	0.2
East Surrey HA	213	-0.3	212	1.5	215	-0.5	214	0.4	215	-1.6	211	-0.1
East Sussex Brighton and Hove HA	391	0.0	391	1.0	395	-0.3	394	0.3	395	0.6	397	0.3
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire HA	351	2.8	361	1.6	366	-0.3	365	0.9	368	-0.7	366	0.8
North and Mid Hampshire HA	284	0.1	285	0.4	286	-0.8	283	-1.4	279	-0.3	279	-0.4
Northamptonshire HA	303	0.7	305	0.5	307	-3.8	295	-1.7	291	-0.1	290	-0.9
Oxfordshire HA	335	1.4	339	1.4	344	1.7	350	-0.9	347	1.0	350	0.9
Southampton and South West Hampshire HA	301	0.6	303	-1.0	300	1.7	305	0.7	307	0.7	310	0.5
West Kent HA	517	0.6	520	-0.3	519	-0.3	517	-1.0	512	-1.5	504	-0.5
West Surrey HA	333	0.3	334	0.1	334	-1.6	329	0.3	330	1.8	336	0.2
West Sussex HA	399	0.3	400	0.5	402	1.0	406	0.7	408	-0.4	407	0.4
South Western
Avon HA	532	0.9	537	1.7	545	0.6	549	-0.3	547	1.0	556	0.8
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly HA	294	-0.3	293	0.2	294	-0.5	292	0.0	292	1.8	298	0.2
Dorset HA	400	1.2	405	0.8	408	0.4	410	0.7	413	0.0	413	0.6
Gloucestershire HA	320	1.0	323	0.7	325	-0.9	322	-0.5	321	-0.3	320	0.0
North and East Devon HA	282	3.9	293	-0.3	292	-0.9	289	0.4	290	0.3	291	0.6
Somerset HA	274	0.7	276	1.3	280	1.9	285	1.4	289	-1.3	285	0.8
South and West Devon HA	345	-0.2	344	0.5	346	-0.7	343	1.0	347	1.7	353	0.5
Wiltshire HA	305	0.0	305	2.6	313	2.4	320	1.3	325	-0.4	324	1.2
West Midlands
Birmingham HA	571	-2.1	558	1.3	566	0.9	571	-0.7	567	-0.8	562	-0.3
Coventry HA	164	-1.4	161	1.0	163	2.2	166	0.4	167	-0.5	166	0.3
Dudley HA	151	2.3	154	1.1	156	-4.1	150	-0.1	149	4.7	156	0.7
Herefordshire HA	96	5.4	101	2.7	104	-3.1	101	0.6	102	0.0	102	1.1
North Staffordshire HA	237	-3.3	229	1.4	232	-0.3	232	-1.7	228	-2.3	222	-1.2
Sandwell HA	150	1.8	153	-1.1	151	4.2	158	-0.5	157	-0.3	157	0.8
Shropshire HA	230	-1.0	227	0.4	228	3.9	237	-2.0	232	0.2	233	0.3
Solihull HA	106	2.3	108	-1.2	107	-1.0	106	2.1	108	-1.7	106	0.1
South Staffordshire HA	267	1.8	272	3.1	280	2.7	288	0.4	289	-1.3	285	1.3
Walsall HA	132	-0.9	131	-1.5	129	1.5	131	-1.3	129	-2.1	127	-0.9
Warwickshire HA	259	0.8	261	-0.7	260	-1.3	256	0.8	258	1.1	261	0.1
Wolverhampton HA	122	1.8	124	-1.8	122	-0.5	121	4.7	127	-2.4	124	0.3
Worcestershire HA	289	0.1	289	1.5	293	1.3	297	-2.8	286	1.9	294	0.4
North West
Bury and Rochdale HA	198	1.2	200	2.1	205	1.3	207	1.0	209	-2.6	204	0.6
East Lancashire HA	282	-5.1	268	1.6	272	-0.4	271	-0.7	269	-0.7	267	-1.1
Liverpool HA	246	1.7	250	-1.5	246	-0.5	245	-0.3	244	-0.1	244	-0.1
Manchester Health	266	-0.6	264	-2.6	258	3.5	267	-1.8	262	0.5	263	-0.2
Morecambe Bay HA	160	11.3	178	2.4	182	-1.4	180	-0.1	179	-1.1	177	2.1
North Cheshire HA	154	-4.8	147	1.5	149	3.5	154	0.3	155	1.7	158	0.4
North West Lancashire HA	238	-1.3	235	2.0	239	-1.2	236	0.5	238	1.4	241	0.3
Salford and Trafford HA	232	-0.5	231	2.0	235	-0.6	234	1.4	237	-4.1	227	-0.4
Sefton HA	142	3.0	146	-0.8	145	0.8	146	-0.2	146	0.7	147	0.7
South Cheshire HA	360	0.4	361	-0.5	360	2.8	370	0.2	370	-1.0	367	0.4
South Lancashire HA	163	-3.5	158	1.5	160	-0.7	159	-1.3	157	1.9	160	-0.5
St. Helens and Knowsley HA	172	1.2	174	0.1	175	0.7	176	-1.5	173	4.6	181	1.0
Stockport Health	149	-1.4	146	1.4	149	3.4	154	-0.9	152	1.9	155	0.9
West Pennine HA	219	2.3	224	0.1	224	-0.1	224	-2.2	219	1.5	222	0.3
Wigan and Bolton HA	282	0.5	284	0.4	285	-2.5	278	1.7	283	-2.8	275	-0.5
Wirral HA	184	1.3	186	0.4	187	0.0	187	2.5	192	-1.5	189	0.5
England Total	26,271	0.3	26,359	0.4	26,455	0.4	26,558	0.0	26,557	0.3	26,628	0.3

⁽⁷⁰⁾ NHS Plan GPs include GMS Unrestricted Principals, PMS Contracted GPs, PMS Salaried GPs, Restricted Principals, Assistants, Salaried Doctors (Para. 52 SFA) and PMS Other.

⁽⁷¹⁾ WTE data have been estimated using the results from the 1992–93GMP Workload Survey. Full-time = 1.00 wte; three quarter time =0.69 wte, job share = 0.65 wte, half time = 0.60 wte.

⁽⁷²⁾ There were 286 LIZ Assistants in the 1996 census, we do not have sufficient details to calculate wte data below a national level. The national total for 1996 has been estimated based onavailable headcount data and a such will not equal the sum of components. Because of this, London data for 1996 and subsequent calculations based on 1996 London data needs to be treated with caution.

⁽⁷³⁾ Average annual percentage change 1996–2001.

Source:

Department of Health General and Personal Medical Services Statistics.

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