§ Mr. Kirkwoodasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors have been members of the senior house officer grade in each region for (a) three years or more and (b) five years or more.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is set out in the following table:
Medical senior house officers in NHS hospitals at 30 September 1985: Analysis by region and time spent in the grade England 3 years or more 5 years or more England 2,050 917 Northern 126 53 Yorkshire 158 75 Trent 195 103 East Anglian 80 30 N. W. Thames 109 48 N. E. Thames 156 61 S. E. Thames 170 74 S. W. Thames 111 52 Wessex 75 27 Oxford 107 52 South Western 148 48 West Midlands 214 102 Mersey 116 59 North Western 264 131 Special health authorities London post graduate teaching hospitals 21 2