Written question asked by Graham Allen (Labour) on Monday, 15 November 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Thursday, 18 November 2004. It was answered by Stephen Ladyman (Labour) on Thursday, 18 November 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many people he estimates (a) reside and (b) are registered with a general practitioner in the area served by Nottingham Primary Care Trust. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Graham Allen: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many people he estimates (a) reside and (b) are registered with a general practitioner in the area served by Nottingham primary care trust. [199047] Dr. Ladyman: The information is shown in the following table. It is based on patient registrations and is constrained to Office of National Statistics (ONS) estimates as at mid-year 2002. This is the latest available validated data for both figures. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number1 (head count) Resident population 269,814 Registered with a general practitioner2 287,809 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Excludes armed forces and prisoners. 2 The number of patients registered with GPs responsible to this primary care trust (PCT), is higher due to some of the patients living in neighbouring PCTs' areas. Conversely, some of the patients living in Nottingham's geographic area may be registered with GPs responsible to a neighbouring PCT. Source: Department of Health--shadow health and social care information centre.

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