HC Deb 11 February 1987 vol 110 cc226-7W
Mr. Barry Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales how many chest consultants there are currently in Welsh hospitals, in whole-time equivalent terms and per head of population; and what was the figure for February in each of the last seven years.

Mr. Mark Robinson

The required information is given in the table:

Consultants in Thoracic Medicine 1Whole-time equivalents Rate per million population
1979 18.1 6.5
1980 14.1 5.1
1981 12.1 4.3
1982 10.1 3.6
1983 8.1 2.9
1984 6.3 2.2
1985 6.6 2.3
1986 24.8 31.7
1 As at September each year
2 provisional
3 Based on 1985 population estimates.