§ Mr. Patrick Jenkinasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will state the cost to the National Health Service of using agency doctors in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. MoyleI regret that the information is not available since many doctors introduced to hospitals by agencies serve on the normal terms for locums and the accounts do not separately identify payments made to agencies for doctors employed by them, or the salaries of these locums.