HC Deb 02 June 1998 vol 313 cc180-1W
Mr. Mackinlay

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what were the average hours worked each week by hospital doctors in(a) the North Thames Region and (b) the South Thames Region in (i) the last year for which figures are available and (ii) each of the previous 10 years. [43688]

Mr. Milburn

Figures are not collected on average hours worked each week by hospital doctors. However, the New Deal on junior doctors' hours, begun in June 1991, requires each trust to monitor the hours of work of doctors in training against agreed limits over a series of target dates and to report compliance via regional task forces.

Figures for on-call posts since 1991 for the two regions in question are in the table.