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Structural GP and practice characteristics in four UK countries |
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| Variable |
England |
Wales |
Scotland |
Northern Ireland |
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| Number of practices |
8542 |
501 |
1056 |
366 |
| Number of whole-time equivalent (WTE) GPs |
31523 |
1816 |
3782 |
1078 |
| Average registered population |
6401 |
6171 |
5249 |
5361 |
| Average number of GPs per practice |
3.7 |
3.6 |
3.6 |
3.0 |
| Registered population per WTE GP |
1666 |
1674 |
1343 |
1663 |
| Single-partner practices (%) |
23 |
19 |
16 |
19 |
| Practices with six or more GPs (%) |
21 |
16 |
20 |
9 |
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*All figures for 2004-05 with the exception of Northern Ireland 2003-4[12] | ||||
McLean et al. BMC Health Services Research 2007 7:74 doi:10.1186/1472-6963-7-74 |
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