§ Mr. D. Howellasked the Minister of Health what is the average number of domiciliary visits made each year by consultants participating in this scheme.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithThe table below sets out (a) the numbers of consultants in contract with Regional Hospital Boards for undertaking domiciliary consultations as at 31st December, (b) the number of domiciliary visits each year, and (c) the number of visits divided by the number of consultants.
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Year Consultants Domiciliary visits Average visits per consultant 1950… 4,916 153,267 31.2 1951… 5,129 162,201 31.6 1952… 5,457 177,812 32.6 1953… 5,551 200,143 36.1 1954… 5,489 218,104 39.7 1955… 5,681 231,377 40.7 1956… 5,846 258,981 44.3 1957… 5,945 279,474 47.0
§ Mr. D. Howellasked the Minister of Health if he will state the total number of consultant specialists who now receive domiciliary fees in each of the regions of the National Health Service, and the cost of those fees, giving the figures both for whole-time and part-time consultants.
§ Mr. Walker-SmithI regret the desired information on the cost of fees for domiciliary consultations is not available. The table below shows the number of consultants under contract at 31st December, 1957, with Regional Hospital Boards to undertake domiciliary consultations. Not all these officers necessarily undertook domiciliary visits or received fees.
Region Consultants Newcastle … 389 Leeds … 340 Sheffield … 400 East Anglia … 175 N.W. Metropolitan … 722 N.E. Metropolitan … 423 S.E. Metropolitan … 576 S.W. Metropolitan … 789 Oxford … 214 South Western … 336 Wales … 307 Birmingham … 559 Manchester … 406 Liverpool … 309