Figures for 30 September 2013, the latest date for which published figures are available, showed the average number of patients per general practitioner practice was 7,034.<\/p>
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Information on the level of net immigration for 2000 to 2012 is published by the Office of National Statistics at:<\/p>
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http://www.ons.gov.uk/ons/rel/migration1/long-term-international-migration/2012/table-2-01a.xls<\/p>
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Final data, for 2013, will be released on 27 November 2014.<\/p>
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No estimates are made of the number of additional general practitioners needed specifically related to immigration changes.<\/p>
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The Department does not hold current data on the number of National Health Service staff who are obese. In 2009, the Department estimated in \u2018Healthy Lives, Healthy People: One Year On\u2019 that of 1.2 million staff in the NHS, 700,000 were likely to be obese or overweight.<\/p>
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<\/p>
NHS England plan to publish their Five Year Forward View later this month. Proposals for the plan include incentives to ensure the NHS as an employer sets a national example in the support it offers its own 1.3 million staff to stay healthy, and serve as \u201chealth ambassadors\u201d in their local communities.<\/p>
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The Department is not aware of any internal surveys on obesity among National Health Service employees.<\/p>
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In their audit, Implementing NICE public health guidance for the workplace: a national organisational audit of NHS trusts in England<\/em>, published this year and repeated from 2011, the Royal College of Physicians reviewed the progress that employers\u2019 across the NHS were making which included tackling obesity. This showed that the percentage of trusts with obesity plans in place rose from 13 in 2010 to 28.<\/p> <\/p> NHS trusts are responsible for the health and wellbeing of their staff. The Department\u2019s supports the NHS to improve staff health and wellbeing by commissioning NHS Employers to help NHS trusts implement five high impact actions: developing local evidence based improvement plans; with strong visible leadership; supported by improved management capability; with access to better, local, high quality accredited occupational health services; and where staff are encouraged and enabled to take more responsibility for their health.<\/p>"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government what assessment they have made of the report by Dr Steven Boorman NHS Health and well-being<\/i>, which concluded that there was a relationship between employee health and well-being and performance on issues such as patient satisfaction, annual health check ratings and MRSA rates.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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], "questionText" : "To ask Her Majesty\u2019s Government on what basis the Department of Health reimburses small independent chemists for NHS prescription drugs; whether they reimburse the full wholesale amount to chemists; and, if the full cost is not reimbursed, on what basis the payment is made.", "registeredInterest" : {"_value" : "false", "_datatype" : "boolean"}
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