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. 1999 Jan 30;318(7179):306–310. doi: 10.1136/bmj.318.7179.306

Table.

Actual and projected numbers (proportion of total) of general practitioners who qualified in South Asia according to area of practice*

Family health services authority 1992 1997 2002 2007 Difference 2007−1992 (%)
Barking and Havering 100 (56.50) 98 (55.37) 78 (44.07) 52 (29.38) −27.12
Redbridge and Waltham Forest 93 (43.87) 86 (40.57) 69 (32.55) 43 (20.28) −23.58
Walsall 65 (51.59) 63 (50.00) 60 (47.62) 38 (30.16) −21.43
Barnsley 39 (38.24) 39 (38.24) 38 (37.25) 19 (18.63) −19.61
Wales 5 126 (43.90) 120 (41.81) 113 (39.37) 70 (24.39) −19.51
Salford 45 (37.50) 44 (36.67) 36 (30.00) 24 (20.00) −17.50
City and East London 139 (42.25) 132 (40.12) 111 (33.74) 82 (24.92) −17.33
Brent and Harrow 92 (36.08) 86 (33.73) 78 (30.59) 48 (18.82) −17.25
Wigan 60 (43.80) 57 (41.61) 50 (36.50) 37 (27.01) −16.79
Doncaster 41 (28.67) 39 (27.27) 35 (24.48) 17 (11.89) −16.78
Manchester 69 (30.00) 67 (29.13) 55 (23.91) 31 (13.48) −16.52
Sandwell 62 (43.36) 59 (41.26) 54 (37.76) 39 (27.27) −16.08
Enfield and Haringey 88 (34.11) 82 (31.78) 74 (28.68) 47 (18.22) −15.89
Rotherham 29 (27.10) 27 (25.23) 26 (24.30) 12 (11.21) −15.89
Hillingdon 42 (36.52) 41 (35.65) 37 (32.17) 24 (20.87) −15.65
Croydon 45 (28.13) 44 (27.50) 33 (20.63) 20 (12.50) −15.63
Rochdale 27 (27.84) 25 (25.77) 21 (21.65) 12 (12.37) −15.46
Greenwich and Bexley 77 (39.09) 73 (37.06) 66 (33.50) 47 (23.86) −15.23
Sunderland 43 (31.85) 43 (31.85) 35 (25.93) 23 (17.04) −14.81
Kirklees 46 (25.84) 44 (24.72) 40 (22.47) 20 (11.24) −14.61
Coventry 42 (26.58) 41 (25.95) 31 (19.62) 19 (12.03) −14.56
Merton, Sutton, and Wandsworth 67 (22.95) 63 (21.58) 49 (16.78) 26 (8.90) −14.04
Wolverhampton 45 (36.89) 45 (36.89) 41 (33.61) 28 (22.95) −13.93
Wales 3 65 (29.41) 64 (28.96) 59 (26.70) 35 (15.84) −13.57
Birmingham 154 (29.79) 150 (29.01) 135 (26.11) 87 (16.83) −12.96
Bury 22 (25.88) 22 (25.88) 20 (23.53) 11 (12.94) −12.94
Lambeth, Southwark, and Lewisham 101 (26.65) 95 (25.07) 78 (20.58) 53 (13.98) −12.66
Humberside 103 (24.24) 100 (23.53) 91 (21.41) 50 (11.76) −12.47
Wakefield 32 (20.13) 30 (18.87) 26 (16.35) 13 (8.18) −11.95
Oldham 32 (31.68) 32 (31.68) 29 (28.71) 20 (19.80) −11.88
Staffordshire 129 (26.93) 122 (25.47) 107 (22.34) 73 (15.24) −11.69
Ealing, Hammersmith, and Hounslow 99 (28.70) 94 (27.25) 81 (23.48) 59 (17.10) −11.59
Tameside 27 (26.73) 27 (26.73) 23 (22.77) 16 (15.84) −10.89
Lancashire 172 (24.93) 171 (24.78) 155 (22.46) 100 (14.49) −10.43
South Tyneside 21 (26.92) 20 (25.64) 16 (20.51) 13 (16.67) −10.26
Liverpool 78 (35.45) 75 (34.09) 71 (32.27) 56 (25.45) −10.00
Nottinghamshire 94 (20.35) 91 (19.70) 84 (18.18) 49 (10.61)  −9.74
Kent 159 (20.60) 152 (19.69) 144 (18.65) 86 (11.14)  −9.46
Dudley 30 (22.22) 29 (21.48) 26 (19.26) 18 (13.33)  −8.89
Essex 161 (22.09) 154 (21.12) 144 (19.75) 99 (13.58)  −8.50
Sheffield 37 (13.50) 37 (13.50) 33 (12.04) 14 (5.11)  −8.39
Calderdale 17 (19.77) 16 (18.60) 14 (16.28) 10 (11.63)  −8.14
Camden and Islington 26 (13.68) 26 (13.68) 17 (8.95) 11 (5.79) −7.89
Barnet 25 (14.88) 23 (13.69) 21 (12.50) 12 (7.14) −7.74
Leeds 48 (13.75) 47 (13.47) 39 (11.17) 22 (6.30) −7.45
Derbyshire 70 (15.28) 68 (14.85) 62 (13.54) 37 (8.08) −7.21
St Helens and Knowsley 44 (26.04) 43 (25.44) 41 (24.26)  32 (18.93) −7.10
Bromley 27 (19.01) 25 (17.61) 24 (16.90)  17 (11.97) −7.04
Solihull 15 (14.42) 15 (14.42) 13 (12.50)  8 (7.69) −6.73
Warwickshire 37 (15.04) 35 (14.23) 31 (12.60) 21 (8.54) −6.50
Bolton 32 (25.00) 30 (23.44) 27 (21.09)  24 (18.75) −6.25
Cleveland 41 (15.89) 39 (15.12) 37 (14.34)  26 (10.08) −5.81
Trafford 13 (12.50) 12 (11.54) 11 (10.58)  7 (6.73) −5.77
Leicestershire 67 (15.30) 63 (14.38) 58 (13.24) 42 (9.59) −5.71
Bradford 41 (17.75) 41 (17.75) 39 (16.88)  28 (12.12) −5.63
Gateshead 21 (19.63) 20 (18.69) 20 (18.69)  15 (14.02) −5.61
Durham 39 (13.49) 37 (12.80) 36 (12.46) 23 (7.96) −5.54
Sefton 17 (12.23) 17 (12.23) 17 (12.23) 10 (7.19) −5.04
Stockport 16 (11.43) 16 (11.43) 14 (10.00)  9 (6.43) −5.00
Newcastle upon Tyne 13 (9.22) 12 (8.51) 12 (8.51)  6 (4.26) −4.96
Bedfordshire 43 (16.23) 41 (15.47) 38 (14.34)  30 (11.32) −4.91
Shropshire 17 (8.54) 17 (8.54) 14 (7.04)  8 (4.02) −4.52
Wales 1 26 (12.56) 26 (12.56) 24 (11.59) 17 (8.21) −4.35
North Tyneside 11 (11.46) 10 (10.42) 10 (10.42)  7 (7.29) −4.17
Kingston and Richmond 16 (10.96) 16 (10.96) 15 (10.27) 10 (6.85) −4.11
Cheshire 42 (8.90) 39 (8.26) 36 (7.63) 23 (4.87) −4.03
Northamptonshire 24 (8.96) 24 (8.96) 23 (8.58) 14 (5.22) −3.73
Kensington, Chelsea, and Westminster 18 (10.59) 16 (9.41) 15 (8.82) 12 (7.06) −3.53
Berkshire 36 (10.14) 35 (9.86) 33 (9.30) 24 (6.76) −3.38
Hertfordshire 40 (7.94) 37 (7.34) 33 (6.55) 23 (4.56) −3.37
Lincolnshire 17 (5.70) 16 (5.37) 11 (3.69)  7 (2.35) −3.36
Wales 7 14 (6.60) 14 (6.60) 14 (6.60)  7 (3.30) −3.30
East Sussex 21 (5.69) 21 (5.69) 17 (4.61)  9 (2.44) −3.25
Wales 8 18 (9.68) 18 (9.68) 17 (9.14) 12 (6.45) −3.23
Wirral 24 (14.12) 24 (14.12) 24 (14.12)  19 (11.18) −2.94
Buckinghamshire 30 (9.46) 28 (8.83) 26 (8.20) 21 (6.62) −2.84
Northumberland 13 (8.18) 13 (8.18) 12 (7.55)  9 (5.66) −2.52
Wiltshire 10 (3.76) 9 (3.38) 8 (3.01)  4 (1.50) −2.26
Wales 4 5 (3.42) 5 (3.42) 4 (2.74)  2 (1.37) −2.05
Wales 2 8 (4.17) 8 (4.17) 8 (4.17)  5 (2.60) −1.56
Hampshire 23 (2.97) 21 (2.71) 18 (2.33) 11 (1.42) −1.55
Cambridgeshire 20 (6.10) 19 (5.79) 19 (5.79) 15 (4.57) −1.52
Avon 13 (2.81) 10 (2.16) 9 (1.94)  6 (1.30) −1.51
Surrey 17 (3.45) 17 (3.45) 15 (3.04) 10 (2.03) −1.42
Wales 6 2 (2.63) 2 (2.63) 1 (1.32)  1 (1.32) −1.32
Cumbria 10 (3.86) 10 (3.86) 10 (3.86)  7 (2.70) −1.16
Gloucestershire 5 (1.72) 4 (1.38) 3 (1.03)  2 (0.69) −1.03
Suffolk 10 (3.14) 10 (3.14) 10 (3.14)  7 (2.20) −0.94
Norfolk 10 (2.53) 10 (2.53) 9 (2.28)  7 (1.77) −0.76
Devon 7 (1.29) 7 (1.29) 6 (1.11)  3 (0.55) −0.74
North Yorkshire 5 (1.31) 5 (1.31) 3 (0.78)  3 (0.78) −0.52
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 2 (0.75) 1 (0.37) 1 (0.37)  1 (0.37) −0.37
Hereford and Worcester 6 (1.83) 6 (1.83) 6 (1.83)  5 (1.53) −0.31
Dorset 5 (1.47) 5 (1.47) 5 (1.47)  4 (1.18) −0.29
West Sussex 11 (3.02) 11 (3.02) 11 (3.02) 10 (2.75) −0.27
Isle of Wight 1 (1.47) 1 (1.47) 1 (1.47)  1 (1.47)  0.00
Oxfordshire 3 (1.06) 3 (1.06) 3 (1.06)  3 (1.06)  0.00
Somerset 2 (0.87) 2 (0.87) 2 (0.87)  2 (0.87)  0.00
*

Table sorted by percentage change (1992 to 2007) in full time unrestricted general practitioners who qualified in South Asia; constant denominator assumed.