HC Deb 28 April 1994 vol 242 cc303-4W
Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what assessment she has made of the adequacy of the present level of nursing staff in(a) London and (b) Lewisham.

Mrs. Bridget Prentice

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what are the average working hours for junior doctors in each of London's regional health authorities; and what the figures were in 1990–91, 1991–92 and 1992–93.

Dr. Mawhinney

Information on the average working hours of junior doctors is not available.

Trends in the patterns of contracted hours are monitored by the regional task forces and are summarised in the table. Data for 1990 are not available.

Mr. Sackville

I refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave the hon. Member for Coventry, South-East (Mr. Cunningham) on 27 April at column197.