How many patients are registered with the PDS in your Health Board area? Has the number risen since 2020? If so by how much? There has been an insignificant increase of an additional 122 patients being registered with the PDS between March 2019 and March 2023 as demonstrated in Table 8 below: Table 8: Number of registered PDS patients No. of registered PDS 31st Mar 31st Mar 31st Mar 31st Mar 31st Mar patients 2019 2020 2021 2022 2023 Dumfries & Galloway 2,323 2,379 2,390 2,467 2,445 Data source: PHS, 05/23 6.