The patterns of expenditure on patients, of the ease with which patients can see GPs, and the age distribution of elderly patients reveals that London has a young profile, and the expenditure per patient is broadly the highest in the north west, south west and very south east. Most patients per GP are spread, but broadly in the heartland of England. Huge variations are apparent.

demography of health provision

The total amount spent (on all forms of care provision) by PCTs per capita (GP-registered patients) varies from about £1,370 to about £2,175, with most spent in Knowsley, Islington, Liverpool, and South Tyneside PCTs. The least spent per registered patient is in Berkshire West, Buckinghamshire, Oxfordshire, and Leicester County PCTs.
The GPs with most registered patients are in Hertfordshire (new boundary allocation) with 8,884 patients per GP, Hampshire, Leeds and Norfolk PCTs. The smallest patient allocations are in Hastings and Rotherhyde (206), Darlington, Middlesborough, and North Staffordshire PCTs.
Most patients over 65 are found in Hampshire (240,000), Surrey, hertforshire and Devon. The least number of GP-registered patients over 65 years of age are in Hartlepool (15,200), Tower Hamlets, and Islington PCTs.