§ Mr. Penhaligonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list for each district health authority in England the number of consultants, doctors and nurses employed specifically in the treatment of rheumatology; and if he will express these numbers for each authority on the basis of the number living within the district per employee.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeInformation in the form requested is not available centrally. Figures for medical staffing for each English region at 30 September 1984 are set out in the table.
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Region Doctors in the specialty of rheumatology: Population* per whole-time equivalent rheumatologist: All grades† (wtes ║) Consultants‡ (wtes ║) All grades† (1,000 population per wte ║) Consultant‡ (1,000 population per wte ║) Northern 27.7 14.2 110 220 Yorkshire 17.4 7.3 210 490 Trent 28.7 15.1 160 300 East Anglia 21.9 9.5 90 200 North West Thames 47.4 23.7 70 150 North East Thames 52.4 28.5 70 130 South East Thames 46.5 24.5 80 150 South West Thames 28.9 14.4 100 200 Wessex 38.2 20.0 70 140 Oxford 32.9 9.7 70 240 South Western 12.1 6.6 260 470 West Midlands 24.4 5.5 210 940 Mersey 8.2 3.0 300 810 North Western 38.9 17.1 100 230 London Post-graduate teaching hospitals 4.1 1.3 na na ENGLAND 429.7 200.4 110 230 * Managed population at mid-1983 (later figures not yet available). † Including hospital practitioners and paragraph 94 appointments. ‡t Including senior hospital medical officers with allowance. ║ wte = Whole Time Equivalent.