§ Mr. Hooleyasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors per head of population there are within the area covered by the Sheffield Area Health Authority; and how this compares with the national average for England and Wales.
§ Mr. MoyleThe numbers of whole-time equivalent hospital doctors, and doctors providing the full range of general medical services, respectively, in the NHS per 100,000 population are as follows:
Hospital Doctors* Doctors providing the full range of general medical services† Sheffield Area Health Authority (Teaching) 90 40 England and Wales 59 44 *At 30th September 1976. †At 1st October 1976. The figures reflect the fact that Sheffield AHA(T) provides services to a population greater than its resident population.