§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants in thoracic medicine there were per million population in (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom in (i) 1971, (ii) 1979 and (iii) 1984.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeWe do not have the information for all the years on a United Kingdom basis. The table398W gives the number of consultants in thoracic medicine per million population for (a) England and (b) Great Britain at 30 September each year.
Thoracic Medicine Consultants per million popluation 1971 1979 1984 England 6.7 4.8 3.0 Great Britain 7.0 5.1 3.3