HC Deb 30 November 1959 vol 614 cc85-6W
Mr. Grey

asked the Minister of Health what was the number of specialists employed in the Newcastle Region on 5th July, 1948, and for each year to the present date.

Miss Pitt

Information is not available before 1949. The number of consultants employed at the end of this and of each subsequent year including consultants employed in the teaching hospitals was:

1949 280
1950 335
1951 368
1952 403
1953 416
1954 412
1955 421
1956 422
1957 442
1958 457