HC Deb 21 March 1958 vol 584 c175W
Mr. K. Robinson

asked the Minister of Health the number of consultants, excluding psychiatrists, in the employ of each regional board at the latest

Regional Hospital Board Number of consultants, whole-time and part-time (excluding psychiatrists) at 31.12.56 (1) Number of staffed beds (excluding beds allocated to mental illness and mental deficiency) at 31.12.56 Estimated population of the hospital region (in thousands) at 30.6.56 (2)
Newcastle … 353 15,338 2,944
Leeds … 299 17,753 3,066
Sheffield … 357 19,716 4,230
East Anglian … 167 7,254 1,485
N.W. Metropolitan … 642 17,930 3,942
N.E. Metropolitan … 531 18,966 3,103
S.E. Metropolitan … 556 19,933 3,229
S.W. Metropolitan … 703 25,216 4,707
Oxford … 188 7,433 1,503
S. Western … 330 16,621 2,792
Welsh … 293 15,494 2,608
Birmingham… 491 23,047 4,547
Manchester … 409 23,611 4,381
Liverpool … 276 14,180 2,130
5,595 242,492 44,667

NOTES:
(1) The number of individual consultants employed by each board. A consultant who works for more than one regional hospital board has been included in the total for each board.
(2) The population served by the hospitals of each regional hospital board cannot be stated since—
(a) hospitals under boards of governors also serve the population in general;
(b) the hospitals of any region do not receive patients from that region only.