§ Mr. Goodladasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants for each 100,000 population are practising in the area of the Mersey re- 620W gional health authority; how this compares with the national average; and what were the equivalent figures in each year since the creation of the Mersey regional health authority.
§ Mr. Moyle:The information requested is given in the table below. Equivalent figures for 1978 are not yet available.
NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS*(WHOLE-TIME EQUIVALENTS) PER 100,000 POPULATION
At 30th September 1974 1975 1976 1977 Mersey 18.50 19.42 20.05 19.86 England and Wales 20.11 20.66 21.49 21.80 *Includes senior hospital medical officers with the allowance.