Part of Oral Answers to Questions — Northern Ireland – in the House of Commons at 12:00 am on 14 December 1972.
At 1st December 1972 there were 31 health centres in operation in Northern Ireland, and it is estimated that between 17 per cent. and 18 per cent. of general practitioners were practising from health centres. In December 1971, the comparative percentages for England and Wales and for Scotland were 8·3 and 5·5 respectively.