§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of clinical and medical oncologists per 100,000 population for each health authority in Wales. [90805]
Mr. Jon Owen JonesInformation on NHS medical and dental staff is collected annually as at 30 September. The latest available information is in the following table. It gives the number of whole time equivalents (Wte) in post in September 1997.
Staff in post at 30 September 1997 (excluding locums) per 1 million population1 Consultants All grades Health authority area Number Wte Number Wte Medical Oncology North Wales 1.5 1.5 1.5 1.5 Dyfed Powys — — 2.1 0.4 Morgannwg — — — — Bro Taf — — — — Gwent — — — — Wales 0.3 0.3 0.7 0.4 Clinical Oncology North Wales 1.5 0.7 1.5 0.7 Dyfed Powys 6.3 0.7 8.4 2.8 Morgannwg 8.0 7.4 14.0 11.7 Bro Taf 14.9 12.0 36.7 30.6 Gwent 1.8 1.0 1.8 1.0 Wales 5.8 4.7 12.6 10.5 1 Consultants who work in more than one health authority are counted in each health authority but only once in the total for Wales.