HC Deb 11 February 1981 vol 998 cc358-62W
Dr. Roger Thomas

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what percentage of all junior hospital staff, grade by grade, and by specialty, work (a) between 60 and 80 hours per week and (b) between 80 and 100 hours per week.

Dr. Vaughan

The following table shows the total number of hours per week for which junior hospital doctors are contracted. This comprises a basic working week of 40 hours plus additional time spent working, standing by in hospital or available on-call at home, including provision for covering the annual and study leave of colleagues where appropriate. No information is available on the hours during which these doctors are actually working but these will be significantly less than the hours shown.

The data relate to the following groups of specialties:

  1. 1. General medicine etc.
  2. 2. Paediatrics
  3. 3. Geriatric medicine Rheumatology and rehabilitation
  4. 4. Other medical specialties
  5. 5. Dermatology Genito-urinary medicine
    6. 360
  6. 6. Accident and emergency Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery
  7. 7. Other surgical specialties
  8. 8. General surgery
  9. 9. Cardio-thoracic surgery
  10. 10. Obstetrics and gynaecology
  11. 11. Pathology
  12. 12. Radiology etc.
  13. 13. Anaesthetics
  14. 14. Psychiatric specialties
  15. 15. Dental specialties
  16. 16. Other

30 September 1980 PQ 1059/1980/81
England and Wales Percentage of Total Staff
Speciality Groups
Grade/Hours 1 2 3 4 5 6 7 8 9 10 11 12 13 14 15 16 All medical and dental specialities
All junior grades: Number hours contracted 3,063 1,119 1,200 855 190 2,391 1,343 2,619 200 1,726 702 596 1,962 1,751 491 35 20,243
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
40–60 1.2 2.1 3.7 5.2 28.9 22.5 1.3 0.7 1.0 0.6 32.6 31.2 0.7 13.2 44.0 60.0 8.4
64–80 17.6 7.8 21.8 14.7 11.6 21.7 9.5 7.6 6.0 8.1 27.7 32.6 15.8 63.4 5.7 17.1 19.1
84 –100 56.6 46.3 51.9 46.5 26.3 28.4 38.9 43.9 35.5 53.2 27.4 26.0 73.2 18.8 13.0 17.1 43.7
104 or more 24.6 43.8 22.6 33.6 33.2 27.4 50.3 47.8 57.5 38.1 12.3 10.2 10.3 4.6 37.3 5.8 28.8
Senior registrar: Number hours contracted 120 74 133 108 58 130 176 139 28 79 232 225 313 278 59 2 2,154
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
40–60 5.1 8.1 8.3 6.5 20.7 1.5 3.5 1.4 3.6 — 28.9 7.1 1.9 29.1 27.1 50.0 11.1
64–80 13.3 20.3 15.8 5.6 20.7 18.5 10.2 2.2 — 11.4 17.7 40.9 19.8 43.2 6.8 — 20.6
84–100 35.8 39.2 41.3 27.8 22.4 20.8 30.1 10.8 — 27.8 34.0 34.7 61.0 20.5 8.5 50.0 32.4
104 or more 45.8 32.4 34.6 60.1 36.2 59.2 56.2 85.6 96.4 60.8 19.4 17.3 17.3 7.2 57.6 — 35.9
Registrar: Number hours contracted 616 193 238 229 78 404 362 630 72 422 234 285 803 705 136 4 5,411
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
40–60 1.9 2.6 4.2 7.0 35.9 3.0 1.4 1.0 — 0.5 39.7 55.8 0.9 10.2 42.6 50.0 9.0
64–80 19.7 5.7 16.0 13.5 9.0 11.6 7.8 5.6 — 5.5 29.1 28.4 12.3 69.1 11.1 25.0 20.2
84–100 46.9 36.3 47.4 42.8 16.7 30.0 37.8 33.0 36.1 39.3 20.9 12.6 77.0 17.0 17.6 — 38.6
104 or more 31.5 55.4 32.4 36.7 38.4 55.4 53.0 60.4 63.9 54.7 10.3 3.2 9.8 3.7 28.7 25.0 32.2
Senior house officer:
Number hours contracted 1,032 838 766 432 50 1,753 750 652 91 1,188 231 76 844 766 158 29 9,656
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
40–60 1.8 1.6 3.0 4.9 30.0 29.5 0.7 0.2 1.1 0.5 29.9 14.5 0.1 10.2 22.8 62.1 8.6
64–80 20.9 7.2 25.5 19.0 6.0 25.3 10.7 9.7 12.1 8.6 36.8 25.0 17.7 65.4 3.8 17.2 20.9
84–100 58.7 48.8 53.5 50.0 42.0 27.6 41.2 47.8 46.1 59.8 26.4 44.7 74.1 20.0 17.1 17.2 45.8
104 or more 18.6 42.4 18.0 26.1 22.0 17.6 47.4 42.3 40.7 31.1 6.9 15.8 8.1 4.4 56.3 3.5 24.7
House officer/Dental house officer:
Number hours contracted 1,295 14 63 86 4 104 55 1,198 9 37 5 10 2 2 138 — 3,022
% % % % % % % % % % % % % % % % %
40–60 0.1 — — — — 4.8 1.8 0.8 — 5.4 — — — — 76.8 — 4.1
64–80 14.5 7.1 11.1 8.1 — 3.8 3.7 8.3 11.1 13.5 20.0 20.0 — 100.0 2.2 — 10.6
84–100 61.4 64.3 71.4 62.8 75.0 45.2 41.8 51.3 33.3 51.4 60.0 70.0 100.0 — 5.8 — 54.1
104 or more 24.0 28.6 17.5 29.1 25.0 46.2 52.7 39.6 55.6 29.7 20.0 10.0 — — 15.2 — 31.2