Doctors' List of Patients
(asked on 4th March 2022) - View Source
Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:
To ask the Secretary of State for Health and Social Care, what the (a) average, (b) highest and (c) lowest patient list sizes have been per FTE GP working in general practice under (i) GMS and (ii) APMS contracts in (A) Streatham, (B) London and (C) England in each year since 2010.
Answered by
Maria Caulfield
Parliamentary Under Secretary of State (Department for Business and Trade) (Minister for Women)
The information requested on patient list size is not held centrally.
As self-employed contractors, it is for general practitioner (GP) practices to determine the appropriate workforce, including the number and range of health professionals necessary to respond to the needs of their patients. There is no recommendation for how many patients should be assigned to a GP. This can be affected by various factors, including rurality and patient demographics. No further analysis is currently being undertaken.