Quote Originally Posted by MadAmster View Post
Andy, do you agree with the population figures I posted?

Do you agree with the GP numbers I posted?

Does dividing the population figures by the number of GPs in any given year give you the average number of patients per GP?

Do the patient:GP figures I posted conform to the arithmetical outcome of population / GP numbers?

If they do conform, and they do, how can the sources you mentioned come up with figures 50% higher?

I do believe the figures I found for both population and GP numbers, I also believe that my arithmetic is spot on. If I have actually made a grievous error, I'd love to know what and how and then admit I was wrong, if I am, in fact, wrong.
I don?t doubt your arithmetic and don?t know your source?s source, I just know my sources, all checked with both AI assistants I have access to and found to be about right. As Sith said, there is a lot of conflicting info out there. from my time in industry I?m used to using ?producing (ie in this case actually practising) full time equivalents (ie adjusted for part timers etc), which my source does. I?m open of course to being corrected by anyone who?s working the numbers even handedly not just dumping their prejudices on us. I can?t find what I typed into ChatGPT but try Deepseek which I actually revised my numbers, which were quite close, to reflect. Type in ?Number of patients per Gp in uk over last twenty years?