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Community pharmacies in contract with PCTs at 31 March and population by SHA, England, 2005-06
SHA by region Number of community pharmacies Population June 2003 (Thousand) Pharmacies per 100,000 population

England

9,872

50,093

20

North East

514

2,545

20

County Durham and Tees Valley

210

1,149

18

Northumberland, Tyne and Wear

304

1,396

22

North West

1,498

6,860

22

Cheshire and Merseyside

537

2,358

23

Cumbria and Lancashire

405

1,930

21

Greater Manchester

556

2,572

22

Yorkshire and the Humber

996

5,037

20

North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire

302

1,650

18

South Yorkshire

261

1,278

20

West Yorkshire

433

2,108

21

East Midlands

759

4,199

18

Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland

294

1,541

19

Trent

465

2,658

17

West Midlands

1,080

5,334

20

Birmingham and the Black Country

531

2,275

23

Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire

278

1,559

18

Shropshire and Staffordshire

271

1,500

18

East

953

5,505

17

Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire

319

1,618

20

Essex

285

1,636

17

Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire

349

2,251

16

London

1,738

7,429

23

North Central London

298

1,228

24

North East London

353

1,531

23

North West London

479

1,834

26

South East London

322

1,514

21

South West London

286

1,321

22

South East

1,418

8,141

17

Hampshire and Isle of Wight

304

1,801

17

Kent and Medway

274

1,610

17

Surrey and Sussex

493

2,566

19

Thames Valley

347

2,164

16

South West

916

5,044

18

Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

389

2,212

18

Dorset and Somerset

222

1,213

18

South West Peninsula

305

1,619

19

Source:
General Pharmaceutical Services in England and Wales 2005-06.

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Community pharmacies in contract with PCT/local health bodies at 31 March, and population by SHA in England, 2006-07
Strategic health authority from 1 October 2006 Number of community pharmacies Population mid-2006 (Thousand) Pharmacies per 100,000 population 2006-07

England

10,133

50,763

20

North East

527

2,556

21

North West

1,551

6,887

23

Yorkshire and the Humber

1,036

5,140

20

East Midlands

785

4,333

18

West Midlands

1,110

5,367

21

East of England

986

5,607

18

London

1,762

7,512

23

South Central

660

3,995

17

South East Coast

787

4,237

19

South West

929

5,130

18

Source:
General Pharmaceutical Services in England and Wales 2006-07.

General Practitioners

Damian Green: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many GPs there are per 100,000 population in (a) England, (b) the South East of England, (c) Kent and (d) Ashford. [195138]

Ann Keen: The information requested is shown in the following table.

General practitioners (GPs) (excluding retainers and registrars)( 1) per head of population by selected area in England, as at 30 September 2007
All GPs (excluding retainers and registrars)( 1) All GPs (excluding retainers and registrars)( 1) headcount per 100,000 population

England

33,364

65.7

Q37

South East Coast

2,700

63.7

5LQ

Brighton and Hove City Primary Care Trust (PCT)

167

66.4

5P7

East Sussex Downs and Weald PCT

220

66.6

5QA

Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT

438

60.8

5P8

Hastings and Rother PCT

113

64.2

5L3

Medway PCT

130

51.7

5P5

Surrey PCT

718

66.9

5P9

West Kent PCT

384

58.0

5P6

West Sussex PCT

530

68.8

(1) General medical practitioners (excluding retainers and registrars) includes GP providers and GP others.
Note:
Ashford is contained within Eastern and Coastal Kent PCT.
Sources:
The Information Centre for health and social care General and Personal Medical Services Statistics 2001 Office for National Statistics Population Census.

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