§ Mr. Craigenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultant rheumatologists there are in each of the health board areas in England.
§ Mr. MoyleFigures for consultant staff in England are not collected centrally on an area basis. At 30th September 1976 the whole-time equivalent consultants in rheumatology and rehabilitation in each of the regions were as given in the table below. Figures are not collected separately for the sub-specialty of rheumatology.
Northern 10.4 Yorkshire 4.5 Trent 11.1 East Anglia 7.6 North-west Thames 24.0 North-East Thames 24.6 South-East Thames 20.4 South-West Thames 14.2 Wessex 15.5 Oxford 16.7 South-Western 0.7 West Midlands 2.6 Mersey 2.0 North-Western 10.0 The above figures do not include three whole-time equivalents employed by postgraduate teaching hospitals.