General Practitioners

(asked on 16th June 2014) - View Source

Question to the Department of Health and Social Care:

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, what guidance his Department issues on the ratio of GPs to patients; and what that ratio is in Tendring.


Answered by
Dan Poulter Portrait
Dan Poulter
This question was answered on 23rd June 2014

The Department does not issue guidance on the ratio of general practitioners (GPs) to patients. It is for each GP practice to ensure they are able to provide services to all their patients as set out in their contract with NHS England.

The ratio of GPs to patients in Tendring is not collected centrally. Figures for North East Essex Clinical Commissioning Group, which includes the district of Tendring, are shown in the following table.

Patients per full time equivalent GP

All GPs full time equivalent per 100,000 population

North East Essex

1,715

60.8

Sources: The Health and Social Care Information Centre General and Personal Medical Services Statistics; Office for National Statistics: Mid-Year Population Estimates

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