§ Mr. Wrayasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new full-time doctors the National Health Service has employed for each year since 1979 to work in hospitals.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation requested is not available centrally in the precise form requested. However, the table sets out numbers of doctors in the pre-registration house officer grade in England. Doctors in this grade are mainly United Kingdom graduates in the course of their first year in medical practice. It is estimated that in addition some 1,200 overseas qualified doctors enter the training grades each year, mainly at senior houe officer and registrar level, for a limited period of postgraduate training.
Numbers of Pre-registration House Officers1 in post at 30 September: England Year Number 1979 2,610 1980 2,564 1981 2,716 1982 2,710 1983 2,826 1984 2,773 1985 2,838 1986 2,813 1 Includes a small number of overseas-graduated doctors with full or limited registration with the General Medical Council.