HC Deb 10 July 1967 vol 750 cc16-7W
Mr. Ron Lewis

asked the Minister of Health what percentage of qualified doctors in each of his Department's 15 regions, respectively, come from outside the United Kingdom; and how many of the hospitals where doctors constitute a fifth or more of the staff rank as teaching hospitals.

Mr. K. Robinson

Information by place of birth is available only for intermediate and junior grades of hospital staff, as follows. In no teaching hospital do doctors constitute a fifth or more of the staff.

HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF OF THE GRADE OF MEDICAL ASSISTANT AND BELOW AT 30TH SEPTEMBER, 1966
Region Percentage Born outside the United Kingdom and the Irish Republic
All Regions: Total 43.7
Newcastle Region* 54.1
Leeds Region* 54.7
Sheffield Region* 54.8
East Anglian Region* 46.4
London Regions† 38.4
Oxford Region* 38.6
South Western Region* 32.9
Welsh Region* 49.9
Birmingham Region* 48.6
Manchester Region* 54.0
Liverpool Region* 36.3
Wessex Region 35.6

GENERAL NOTE:

Staff holding appointments with more than one employing authority are included separately under each authority.

NOTES:

* Also includes the staff of the Regional Teaching Hospitals.

† Includes all staff of the Metropolitan Hospital Boards and of the London Post-Graduate and Undergraduate Teaching Hospitals.