House Officer Vacancies

HC Deb 23 May 1986 vol 98 cc380-1W

Mr. Gareth War

dell asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish in the Official Report the number of senior house officer vacancies in ophthalmology in each health authority in England, together with the mean, median and mode of the number of days that the vacancy has remained unfilled;

(2)if he will publish in the Official Report the number of senior house officer vacancies in anaesthetics in each health authority in England, together with the mean, median and mode of the number of days that the vacancy has remained unfilled;

(3)if he will publish in the Official Report the number of senior house officer vacancies in trauma in each health authority in England, together with the mean, median and mode of the number of days that the vacancy has remained unfilled;

(4)if he will publish in the Official Report the number of senior house officer vacancies in ear, nose and throat in each health authority in England, together with the mean, median and mode of the number of days that the vacancy has remained unfilled.

Mr. Hayhoe

I regret that I cannot give the hon. Member the information he seeks, as it is not collected centrally.