HC Deb 08 March 1988 vol 129 c165W
47. Mrs. Gillian Shephard

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants are employed in the National Health Service; and of those how many work in more than one district health authority.

Mr. Newton

At 30 September 1986 there were 14,731 medical and dental consultants employed in NHS hospitals in England. Information is not held centrally on the number of these who work in more than one district health authority.