§ Mr. Alex CarlileTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the average number of operations carried out per NHS hospital surgeon per week.
§ Mr. SackvilleThis cannot be determined from the data available. Information on the number of cases operated on in operating theatres in 1993–94 is available in "NHS operating theatres availability and use: England 1993–94", and the number of hospital medical staff at 30 September 1993 is available in the "Statistical Bulletin: Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Service Medical and Dental Staff in England 1983 to 1993". Copies of both publications are available in the Library.