HC Deb 27 May 1957 vol 571 cc4-5W
Miss Vickers

asked the Minister of Health how many consultants and specialists and senior registrars there were in the National Health Service in 1949, and in the latest convenient year.

Mr. Vosper

The figures for England and Wales are:

— December, 1949 June, 1956
Consultants 5,190 6,695
Senior hospital medical and dental officers 2,000 (estimated) 2,534
Senior registrars 1,400 (estimated) 1,107