HC Deb 26 April 1976 vol 910 cc43-4W
Mrs. Chalker

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the shortfall of British graduates required to fill the number of junior hospital doctor posts which fell vacant in the last year for which figures are available.

Dr. Owen

Information on the country of graduation of hospital staff is not collected centrally. Of the 6,909 senior house officers, registrars, and senior registrars in training appointed in England and Wales during the year ended 30th September 1975, 3,223 were born in the United Kingdom or the Irish Republic and 3,686 were born elsewhere. These figures cannot be directly related to the number of graduates needed.