§ Mr. Dubsasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many senior
CONSULTANTS AND SENIOR REGISTRARS IN DERMATOLOGY ANALYSIS BY REGION SHOWING TOTAL NUMBER OF STAFF IN POST* AND TOTAL NUMBER OF VACANT POSTS AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979—ENGLAND AND WALES Number Consultant Senior Registrar Region All posts Staff in post Vacant posts† All posts Staff in post Vacant posts England and Wales … … 61 235 26 42 40 2 Northern … … … 15 15 — 3 3 — Yorkshire … … … 16 15 1 3 3 — Trent … … … … 16 16 — 3 2 1 East Anglia … … … 8 8 — 1 1 — North-West Thames … … 23 19 4 3 3 — North-East Thames … … 28 22 6 5 5 — South-East Thames … … 20 19 1 3 3 — South-West Thames … … 17 14 3 2 2 — Wessex … … … … 10 10 — 1 1 — Oxford … … … … 11 10 1 2 2 — South Western … … … 17 15 2 1 1 — West Midlands … … … 18 16 2 3 2 1 Mersey … … … … 10 9 1 1 1 — North-Western … … … 18 15 3 2 2 — London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals … … … 22 20 2 8 8 — Wales … … … … 12 12 — 1 1 — * Staff, holding appointments with more than one region, are counted separately in each region; without this duplication there are 199 consultants and 39 senior registrars. † 13 of these posts had not been advertised in the 12 months ended 30 September 1979 ‡ Includes London postgraduate teaching hospitals.