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London general: 70 years of improving life in the Capital

• 9,655,530 patients are registered in London;
• each month 23 million people in the UK visit their surgery to see a GP or nurse;
• 59m people in the UK are registered with a GP up 2.3 million since 2013;
• 91% of patients trust their doctor, with doctors and nurses being the two most trusted professions in the UK; and
• 84% of patients are very satisfied with their GP.

• 125,000 children are born in London each year, all have access to vaccinations from their GP;
• measles vaccine coverage exceeds 95% of children under five in the UK;
• polio was officially eradicated in the UK in 1988, following three decades of vaccination work; and
• GPs have been providing the HPV vaccination for over 10 years, reducing new infections by 90%.

• prior to 1948, the average life span for men was 66 years and for women 70 years;
• the average life span for men has increased to 79 years, and 83 years for women;
• in 1951, 65-74 year-olds made up 67% of the pension age population with over 85s representing just 4%;
• today 65-74 year olds represent 51% of pensioners and over-85s now represent 14%;
• NHS general practice now cares for 11 million people over the age of 65; and
• general practice is still fighting to close the lifespan gap between rich and poor, with people in Kensington and Chelsea still living on average four years longer than those in Tower Hamlets.

• 44,422 GPs working in the UK qualified here;
• 764 qualified in the Europe Economic Area;
• 3,434 GPs qualified elsewhere in the world; and
• 48% of registered GPs and men and 52% women.

Last updated : 05 Jul 2018

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