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| numbers (headcount) |
| | | 2003 | 2004 |
| | | | of which: | | of which: |
| | | GP practices | Single handed | Percentage single handed | GP practices | Single handed | Percentage single handed |
| |
England
|
8,833
|
2,578
|
29.2
|
8,542
|
2,285
|
26.8
|
| |
North East
|
409
|
91
|
22.2
|
406
|
91
|
22.4
|
|
Q10
|
County Durham and Tees Valley
|
168
|
37
|
22.0
|
169
|
35
|
20.7
|
|
Q09
|
Northumberland, Tyne and Wear
|
241
|
54
|
22.4
|
237
|
56
|
23.6
|
| |
North West
|
1,361
|
442
|
32.5
|
1,327
|
424
|
32.0
|
|
Q15
|
Cheshire and Merseyside
|
442
|
127
|
28.7
|
426
|
115
|
27.0
|
|
Q13
|
Cumbria and Lancashire
|
362
|
116
|
32.0
|
356
|
113
|
31.7
|
|
Q14
|
Greater Manchester
|
557
|
199
|
35.7
|
545
|
196
|
36.0
|
| |
Yorkshire and the Humber
|
865
|
227
|
26.2
|
836
|
196
|
23.4
|
|
Q11
|
North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire
|
262
|
66
|
25.2
|
253
|
56
|
22.1
|
|
Q23
|
South Yorkshire
|
222
|
58
|
26.1
|
219
|
55
|
25.1
|
|
Q12
|
West Yorkshire
|
381
|
103
|
27.0
|
364
|
85
|
23.4
|
| |
East Midlands
|
645
|
138
|
21.4
|
635
|
124
|
19.5
|
|
Q25
|
Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland
|
226
|
54
|
23.9
|
223
|
55
|
24.7
|
|
Q24
|
Trent
|
419
|
84
|
20.0
|
412
|
69
|
16.7
|
| |
West Midlands
|
1,028
|
384
|
37.4
|
996
|
352
|
35.3
|
|
Q27
|
Birmingham and the Black Country
|
521
|
233
|
44.7
|
507
|
225
|
44.4
|
|
Q26
|
Shropshire and Staffordshire
|
270
|
104
|
38.5
|
255
|
84
|
32.9
|
|
Q28
|
West Midlands South
|
237
|
47
|
19.8
|
234
|
43
|
18.4
|
| |
East of England
|
810
|
194
|
24.0
|
804
|
189
|
23.5
|
|
Q02
|
Bedford and Hertfordshire
|
232
|
54
|
23.3
|
231
|
52
|
22.5
|
|
Q03
|
Essex
|
275
|
102
|
37.1
|
273
|
106
|
38.8
|
|
Q01
|
Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire
|
303
|
38
|
125
|
300
|
31
|
103
|
| |
London
|
1,752
|
768
|
43.8
|
1,607
|
606
|
37.7
|
|
Q05
|
North Central London
|
320
|
159
|
49.7
|
291
|
127
|
43.6
|
|
Q06
|
North East London
|
376
|
183
|
48.7
|
349
|
149
|
42.7
|
|
Q04
|
North West London
|
472
|
214
|
45.3
|
441
|
179
|
40.6
|
|
Q07
|
South East London
|
332
|
143
|
43.1
|
294
|
100
|
34.0
|
|
Q08
|
South West London
|
252
|
69
|
27.4
|
232
|
51
|
22.0
|
| |
South East
|
1,209
|
254
|
21.0
|
1,180
|
225
|
19.1
|
|
Q18
|
Kent and Medway
|
296
|
106
|
35.8
|
290
|
107
|
36.9
|
|
Q19
|
Surrey and Sussex
|
379
|
76
|
20.1
|
367
|
64
|
17.4
|
|
Q16
|
Thames Valley
|
299
|
44
|
14.7
|
291
|
33
|
11.3
|
|
Q17
|
Hampshire and Isle of Wight
|
235
|
28
|
11.9
|
232
|
21
|
9.1
|
| |
South West
|
754
|
80
|
10.6
|
751
|
78
|
10.4
|
|
Q20
|
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire
|
326
|
36
|
11.0
|
323
|
37
|
11.5
|
|
Q22
|
Somerset and Dorset
|
176
|
15
|
8.5
|
176
|
13
|
7.4
|
|
Q21
|
South West Peninsula
|
252
|
29
|
11.5
|
252
|
28
|
11.1
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