HC Deb 19 May 1969 vol 784 cc8-9W
71. Dame Irene Ward

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors have left the United Kingdom to take up posts abroad within the past five years, and how many have returned within the same period; how many women doctors have left the profession due to marriage within the past five years, and how many married women doctors have returned to work during the same period.

Mr. Crossman

Information about doctors going abroad is not available in exactly the form requested but it is estimated that in the four years to 30th September 1966 a total of about 3,450 British doctors left Great Britain and 2,150 returned. The information requested about women doctors is not available.