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| The Scottish Abstract of Statistics No 26,1998 |
| 2C family practitioner and community health services |
| Table 2C1 Family practitioner services, 1992-1997 |
1992 1 |
1993 1 |
1994 1 |
1995 1 |
1996 |
1997 |
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| General practitioner services 2, 3 | |||||||
| Number of doctors | 3,444 |
3,475 |
3,513 |
3,553 |
3,608 |
3,650 |
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| Average list size 4 | 1,556 |
1,542 |
1,524 |
1,506 |
1,488 |
1,468 |
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| Percentage of doctors with 2,500 + patients 5 | 1.2 |
1.0 |
0.8 |
0.7 |
0.8 |
0.6 |
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| Percentage of patients with doctors in | |||||||
| single-handed practice | 6.1 |
5.8 |
5.6 |
6.0 |
5.4 |
5.1 |
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| partnership | 93.9 |
94.2 |
94.4 |
94.4 |
94.6 |
94.9 |
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| General pharmaceutical services | Financial years (from 1992-93) |
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| Pharmacies open | 1,137 |
1,138 |
1,136 |
1,139 |
1,142 |
.. |
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| Prescriptions dispensed 6 | (millions) |
48.34 |
50.26 |
51.82 |
53.26 |
54.99 |
.. |
| Average prescriptions per person 7 | (number) |
9.01 |
9.37 |
9.66 |
9.95 |
10.24 |
.. |
| Gross cost of prescriptions | (£ millions) |
402.78 |
435.97 |
473.44 |
511.27 |
551.22 |
.. |
| Average cost per person 7 | (£) |
73.03 |
81.2 |
88.3 |
95.5 |
102.7 |
.. |
| Average cost per prescription 6 | (£) |
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| Net ingredient costs | 6.76 |
7.09 |
7.55 |
7.98 |
8.42 |
.. |
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| Dispensing fees, on costs, etc 8 | 1.57 |
1.58 |
1.59 |
1.62 |
1.61 |
.. |
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| Total (gross) | 8.33 |
8.67 |
9.14 |
9.6 |
10.02 |
.. |
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| Less charges paid by patients | 0.58 |
0.61 |
0.64 |
0.64 |
0.62 |
.. |
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| Total (net) | 7.75 |
8.07 |
8.5 |
9.0 |
9.4 |
.. |
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| General dental services 9 | |||||||
| Number of dentists | 1,745 |
1,792 |
1,814 |
1,825 |
1,772 |
1,798 |
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| Courses of treatment | (thousands) |
2,569 |
2,647 |
2,723 |
2,711 |
3,475 |
4,246 |
| Registrations | (thousands) |
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| Children | 627 |
633 |
624 |
636 |
643 |
710 |
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| Adults | 1,902 |
1,861 |
1,850 |
1,942 |
2,052 |
2,035 |
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| Treatments | (thousands) |
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| Examinations | 2,007 |
2,028 |
2,056 |
2,027 |
1,976 |
2,232 |
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| Fillings | 2,253 |
2,261 |
2,259 |
2,173 |
2,435 |
3,164 |
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| Crowns | 210 |
196 |
202 |
187 |
159 |
154 |
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| Dentures | 170 |
161 |
160 |
151 |
143 |
171 |
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| Extractions | 509 |
490 |
498 |
480 |
482 |
577 |
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| Cost | |||||||
| Gross | (£ thousand) |
133,628 |
128,419 |
136,080 |
137,325 |
139,217 |
154,879 |
| Patient charge | (£ thousand) |
59,740 |
61,292 |
66,310 |
66,208 |
65,545 |
71,617 |
| Average per course | (£) |
39 |
37 |
38 |
38 |
40 |
36 |
| General ophthalmic services 9 | |||||||
| Staffing 10 | |||||||
| Ophthalmic medical practitioners | (number) |
104 |
95 |
99 |
91 |
103 |
98 |
| Ophthalmic opticians | (number) |
842 |
886 |
880 |
990 |
1,060 |
1,117 |
| Workload | |||||||
| NHS Sight tests | (thousands) |
537 |
568 |
614 |
618 |
635 |
656 |
| Voucher claims 11 | (thousands) |
404 |
463 |
473 |
462 |
474 |
488 |
| Costs | |||||||
| Total gross costs | (£ thousands) |
20,885 |
23,091 |
25,222 |
26,254 |
28,428 |
29,588 |
Source: ISD Scotland, Common Services Agency |
| 1 Some general practitioner services data have undergone slight revision. |
| 2 This table excludes doctors with restricted lists, eg residents in homes, schools and other institutions. |
| 3 Figures as at 1 October. |
| 4 The analysis of partnership size is based on the recognised establishment of the practice and not on the number of staff in post. |
| 5 For the purpose of this table, doctors in partnership are included if the average list size of the partnership is over 2,500. |
| 6 Prescriptions are those dispensed by chemists, appliance suppliers and dispensing doctors; stock orders are included. |
| 7 Average per person on doctors’ lists. |
| 8 This includes Professional Allowance. |
| 9 Data refers to financial years, eg data shown in 1992 column is for 1992/93. |
| 10 Under NHS general ophthalmic service regulations there is no longer a role for dispensing options in the GOS although they can still conduct NHS repairs. |
| 11 The number of voucher claims paid for by Health Boards |
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