Health written question – answered at on 26 March 2002.
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (i) GP surgeries and (ii) single handed GP surgeries there have been in each of the last five years for which figures are available, broken down by (a) region and (b) health authority.
holding answer
The information requested is shown in the table. The table identifies all General Practitioner partnerships (but not individual GP surgeries) including those Xpartnerships of one", by region and health authority. Some GPs who practice without being in partnership with another doctor may have a salaried Assistant or may work in a group practice.
1997 | 1998 | 1999 | 2000 | 2001 | |||||||||
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Region name | HA name | HA code | All partnerships | of which single-handed | All partnerships | of which single-handed | All partnerships | of which single-handed | All partnerships | of which single-handed | All partnerships | of which single-handed | |
Northern & | Bradford HA | QDD | 96 | 32 | 98 | 35 | 100 | 38 | 98 | 37 | 98 | 34 | |
Yorkshire | Calderdale & Kirklees HA | QDT | 113 | 46 | 111 | 41 | 112 | 39 | 110 | 39 | 111 | 38 | |
County Durham Health Commission | QDE | 86 | 20 | 88 | 26 | 87 | 23 | 85 | 22 | 86 | 22 | ||
East Riding HA | QDF | 102 | 33 | 100 | 32 | 98 | 33 | 97 | 34 | 97 | 32 | ||
Gateshead & South Tyneside HA | QDG | 62 | 20 | 62 | 19 | 59 | 18 | 60 | 16 | 62 | 17 | ||
Leeds Healthcare | QDH | 125 | 28 | 124 | 27 | 126 | 29 | 125 | 26 | 125 | 29 | ||
Newcastle & North Tyneside HA | QDJ | 75 | 11 | 74 | 10 | 73 | 9 | 70 | 7 | 69 | 6 | ||
North Cumbria HA | QDK | 56 | 12 | 56 | 11 | 55 | 9 | 55 | 10 | 55 | 11 | ||
North Yorkshire HA | QDR | 112 | 14 | 111 | 12 | 109 | 10 | 108 | 10 | 110 | 13 | ||
Northumberland HA | QDM | 51 | 9 | 53 | 9 | 53 | 10 | 53 | 11 | 52 | 10 | ||
Sunderland HA | QDN | 52 | 15 | 54 | 18 | 54 | 17 | 55 | 18 | 54 | 15 | ||
Tees HA | QDP | 84 | 19 | 88 | 24 | 84 | 18 | 81 | 15 | 81 | 12 | ||
Wakefield Health Care | QDQ | 45 | 8 | 45 | 7 | 44 | 8 | 44 | 8 | 44 | 7 | ||
Trent | Barnsley HA | QCG | 43 | 15 | 41 | 12 | 41 | 14 | 43 | 16 | 43 | 16 | |
Doncaster HA | QCK | 53 | 20 | 52 | 19 | 53 | 21 | 52 | 21 | 51 | 18 | ||
Leicestershire HA | QCL | 156 | 48 | 157 | 50 | 153 | 49 | 149 | 46 | 150 | 45 | ||
Lincolnshire HA | QCM | 105 | 20 | 104 | 21 | 108 | 23 | 106 | 23 | 106 | 23 | ||
North Derbyshire HA | QCH | 62 | 16 | 61 | 12 | 60 | 10 | 59 | 11 | 59 | 8 | ||
North Nottinghamshire HA | QCN | 60 | 17 | 63 | 19 | 63 | 19 | 62 | 17 | 63 | 18 | ||
Nottingham HA | QCP | 116 | 32 | 117 | 33 | 119 | 35 | 119 | 32 | 118 | 30 | ||
Rotherham HA | QCQ | 41 | 17 | 41 | 17 | 41 | 18 | 40 | 15 | 40 | 15 | ||
Sheffield HA | QCR | 107 | 24 | 99 | 14 | 98 | 13 | 97 | 13 | 95 | 10 | ||
South Humber HA | QDL | 64 | 28 | 62 | 26 | 61 | 26 | 58 | 25 | 58 | 25 | ||
Southern Derbyshire HA | QCJ | 86 | 16 | 84 | 13 | 80 | 13 | 81 | 10 | 80 | 12 | ||
Eastern | Bedfordshire HA | QA6 | 93 | 25 | 94 | 26 | 92 | 23 | 93 | 24 | 92 | 24 | |
Cambridgeshire HA | QER | 106 | 10 | 105 | 9 | 103 | 10 | 109 | 15 | 110 | 18 | ||
Hertfordshire | QEX | 143 | 27 | 144 | 31 | 139 | 24 | 140 | 28 | 138 | 29 | ||
Norfolk HA | QET | 109 | 18 | 109 | 18 | 110 | 14 | 106 | 10 | 106 | 10 | ||
North Essex HA | QAX | 137 | 27 | 138 | 27 | 138 | 28 | 140 | 31 | 134 | 25 | ||
South Essex HA | QAY | 146 | 68 | 147 | 69 | 147 | 72 | 148 | 74 | 144 | 70 | ||
Suffolk HA | QCF | 92 | 13 | 93 | 13 | 92 | 12 | 92 | 13 | 93 | 16 | ||
London | Barking & Havering HA | QAP | 99 | 57 | 96 | 51 | 97 | 53 | 97 | 50 | 98 | 54 | |
Barnet, Enfield & Haringey HA | QEW | 203 | 86 | 206 | 91 | 206 | 94 | 207 | 95 | 209 | 93 | ||
Bexley, Bromley & Greenwich HA | QEY | 144 | 58 | 145 | 59 | 146 | 62 | 143 | 55 | 143 | 58 | ||
Brent & Harrow HA | QAR | 124 | 54 | 122 | 53 | 120 | 51 | 117 | 49 | 119 | 46 | ||
Camden & Islington HA | QAT | 102 | 49 | 106 | 56 | 98 | 46 | 98 | 46 | 97 | 44 | ||
Croydon HA | QAD | 69 | 24 | 70 | 23 | 70 | 25 | 68 | 24 | 67 | 27 | ||
Ealing, Hammersmith & Hounslow HA | QAV | 196 | 94 | 188 | 84 | 190 | 86 | 189 | 90 | 188 | 89 | ||
East London & The City HA | QAW | 165 | 75 | 166 | 77 | 164 | 72 | 165 | 74 | 161 | 75 | ||
Hillingdon HA | QA2 | 55 | 21 | 55 | 23 | 52 | 18 | 53 | 22 | 53 | 19 | ||
Kensington, Chelsea & Westminster HA | QA3 | 106 | 59 | 104 | 57 | 102 | 54 | 99 | 48 | 99 | 46 | ||
Kingston & Richmond HA | QAG | 62 | 18 | 61 | 18 | 61 | 18 | 62 | 18 | 60 | 15 | ||
Lambeth, Southwark & Lewisham HA | QAH | 162 | 62 | 166 | 62 | 162 | 60 | 159 | 57 | 161 | 56 | ||
Merton, Sutton & Wandsworth HA | QAJ | 132 | 46 | 128 | 42 | 124 | 39 | 118 | 35 | 115 | 32 | ||
Redbridge & Waltham Forest HA | QA5 | 120 | 63 | 123 | 58 | 119 | 57 | 116 | 54 | 121 | 63 | ||
South | Berkshire HA | QA7 | 116 | 27 | 117 | 29 | 121 | 31 | 118 | 30 | 118 | 28 | |
Eastern | Buckinghamshire HA | QA8 | 92 | 9 | 95 | 13 | 95 | 11 | 95 | 9 | 92 | 5 | |
East Kent HA | QAE | 110 | 47 | 109 | 43 | 106 | 37 | 102 | 31 | 101 | 30 | ||
East Surrey HA | QAK | 62 | 10 | 61 | 11 | 60 | 11 | 61 | 12 | 57 | 11 | ||
East Sussex, Brighton & Hove HA | QAM | 137 | 44 | 136 | 39 | 135 | 39 | 132 | 34 | 131 | 34 | ||
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth & South East Hampshire HA | QEV | 99 | 13 | 96 | 10 | 97 | 11 | 96 | 10 | 94 | 8 | ||
North & Mid Hampshire HA | QD1 | 69 | 9 | 67 | 6 | 66 | 6 | 65 | 5 | 66 | 7 | ||
Northamptonshire HA | QCC | 82 | 10 | 83 | 12 | 79 | 12 | 76 | 10 | 76 | 8 | ||
Oxfordshire HA | QCE | 87 | 10 | 87 | 10 | 88 | 8 | 87 | 8 | 86 | 6 | ||
Southampton & South West Hampshire HA | QD3 | 79 | 13 | 78 | 12 | 78 | 11 | 79 | 11 | 78 | 10 | ||
West Kent HA | QAF | 213 | 93 | 215 | 96 | 208 | 89 | 204 | 82 | 204 | 85 | ||
West Surrey HA | QAL | 86 | 16 | 86 | 16 | 84 | 14 | 85 | 15 | 84 | 14 | ||
West Sussex HA | QAN | 98 | 10 | 96 | 8 | 100 | 11 | 97 | 10 | 95 | 10 | ||
South | Avon HA | QD8 | 147 | 19 | 147 | 22 | 147 | 19 | 146 | 22 | 145 | 19 | |
Western | Cornwall & Isles of Scilly HA | QDV | 77 | 5 | 76 | 5 | 76 | 4 | 75 | 3 | 74 | 2 | |
Dorset HA | QDW | 108 | 17 | 108 | 15 | 110 | 16 | 110 | 16 | 109 | 15 | ||
Gloucestershire HA | QDY | 84 | 4 | 84 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 85 | 4 | 85 | 4 | ||
North & East Devon HA | QDX | 76 | 7 | 76 | 7 | 76 | 8 | 77 | 9 | 76 | 9 | ||
Somerset HA | QD5 | 75 | 10 | 76 | 12 | 77 | 11 | 77 | 11 | 76 | 7 | ||
South & West Devon HA | QD6 | 102 | 16 | 102 | 16 | 102 | 17 | 102 | 16 | 102 | 16 | ||
Wiltshire HA | QD7 | 92 | 22 | 91 | 17 | 94 | 19 | 94 | 18 | 94 | 19 | ||
West | Birmingham HA | QD9 | 247 | 107 | 245 | 109 | 242 | 100 | 239 | 97 | 239 | 100 | |
Midlands | Coventry HA | QEA | 65 | 21 | 66 | 22 | 67 | 22 | 66 | 21 | 64 | 19 | |
Dudley HA | QEC | 63 | 24 | 61 | 22 | 60 | 23 | 59 | 21 | 59 | 21 | ||
Herefordshire HA | QED | 26 | 2 | 27 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 26 | 2 | 25 | 1 | ||
North Staffordshire HA | QEH | 101 | 44 | 102 | 43 | 103 | 45 | 102 | 46 | 99 | 44 | ||
Sandwell HA | QEE | 70 | 28 | 69 | 28 | 68 | 27 | 67 | 27 | 69 | 32 | ||
Shropshire HA | QEF | 65 | 7 | 65 | 6 | 67 | 7 | 67 | 9 | 67 | 10 | ||
Solihull HA | QEG | 32 | 6 | 32 | 7 | 34 | 9 | 32 | 5 | 31 | 3 | ||
South Staffordshire HA | QEJ | 97 | 38 | 99 | 40 | 102 | 43 | 101 | 42 | 105 | 50 | ||
Walsall HA | QEK | 72 | 39 | 70 | 38 | 69 | 38 | 68 | 36 | 67 | 38 | ||
Warwickshire HA | QEL | 81 | 18 | 79 | 16 | 75 | 12 | 76 | 12 | 75 | 11 | ||
Wolverhampton HA | QEM | 64 | 31 | 65 | 36 | 67 | 40 | 70 | 40 | 69 | 40 | ||
Worcestershire HA | QEN | 67 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 68 | 4 | 68 | 4 | ||
North West | Bury & Rochdale HA | QCT | 79 | 29 | 78 | 25 | 79 | 26 | 80 | 28 | 75 | 22 | |
East Lancashire HA | QCX | 112 | 43 | 111 | 41 | 115 | 46 | 110 | 43 | 109 | 41 | ||
Liverpool HA | QC2 | 106 | 42 | 106 | 45 | 105 | 45 | 108 | 49 | 105 | 46 | ||
Manchester Health | QC3 | 109 | 36 | 109 | 40 | 110 | 38 | 107 | 34 | 110 | 37 | ||
Morecambe Bay HA | QC4 | 59 | 17 | 59 | 16 | 59 | 15 | 59 | 16 | 59 | 18 | ||
North Cheshire HA | QCV | 46 | 14 | 47 | 14 | 49 | 16 | 48 | 13 | 49 | 14 | ||
North West Lancashire HA | QCY | 91 | 34 | 91 | 33 | 89 | 32 | 89 | 31 | 86 | 28 | ||
Salford & Trafford HA | QC6 | 113 | 51 | 114 | 47 | 114 | 50 | 115 | 54 | 109 | 49 | ||
Sefton HA | QC7 | 53 | 17 | 53 | 16 | 53 | 17 | 53 | 16 | 52 | 18 | ||
South Cheshire HA | QCW | 93 | 9 | 93 | 6 | 95 | 9 | 94 | 9 | 94 | 9 | ||
South Lancashire HA | QC1 | 65 | 22 | 69 | 27 | 67 | 25 | 66 | 25 | 66 | 24 | ||
St. Helen's & Knowsley HA | QC5 | 76 | 26 | 76 | 25 | 76 | 24 | 77 | 28 | 77 | 30 | ||
Stockport Health | QC8 | 60 | 20 | 60 | 17 | 60 | 15 | 59 | 14 | 59 | 17 | ||
West Pennine HA | QC9 | 91 | 35 | 92 | 33 | 91 | 28 | 93 | 32 | 91 | 31 | ||
Wigan & Bolton HA | QDA | 128 | 59 | 128 | 57 | 123 | 53 | 125 | 51 | 118 | 45 | ||
Wirral HA | QDC | 64 | 11 | 63 | 11 | 64 | 11 | 65 | 10 | 63 | 10 | ||
England Total | 9,003 | 2,719 | 8,994 | 2,683 | 8,944 | 2,631 | 8,878 | 2,575 | 8,817 | 2,534 |
1 UPEs include GMS unrestricted principals, PMS contracted GPs and PMS salaried GPs. Data as at
Source:
General and Personal Medical Services Statistics
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