Consultants Health Service Patients)

HC Deb 03 August 1972 vol 842 cc184-5W

Mr. Alec Jones

asked the Secretary of State for Wales what proportion of the consultants in Wales devote their time exclusively to National Health Service patients.

r. Peter Thomas

Excluding consultants who have honorary contracts. 52 per cent. of hospital consultants in Wales have whole time contracts and devote their time exclusively to NHS patients. In addition 35 per cent. have maximum part-time contracts; they are expected to devote substantially the whole of their time to the National Health Service and to give it priority on all occasions.

ADDED TO FIRM PROGRAMME		£m.
Newport C.B.C.		Newport Docks Access Road	…	…	…	…	…	0.9
ADDED TO PREPARATION LIST
Brecon	A4067	Abercrave to Crag y Nos	…	…	…	…		0.3
Carmarthen	A484	Llanelli-Loughori Road Bridge to Swansea Castle Roundabout	…	…	…	…	…	…		2.4
Caernarvon	A497	Pwllheli Inner Relief Road	…	…	…	…		0.4
	A499	Mount Pleasant Lodge-Pontylyfni	…	…	…		0.3
	Joint Scheme
Denbigh/Flintshire	A525	Bangor on Dee By-Pass	…	…	…	…		0.5
Flintshire	A548	Nant Hall to Marine Drive, Prestatyn	…	…		0.3
	A548	Ffynnongroew By-Pass	…	…	…	…		0.4
Glamorgan	A472	West of Nelson to Ystrad Mynach	…	…	…		1.1
	A4050	Dualling of Culverhouse Cross-Colcot, Barry	…		0.9
		Pontential Principal. Tonyrefail By-Pass (Phase I)	…		2.5
Aberdare U.D.C.	Potential Principal.	Inner Relief Road (Phase I)	…	…		0.7
Caerphilly U.D.C.	Potential Principal.	Northern By-Pass	…	…	…	…		1.0
Neath B.C.	A474	Northern Link Road	…	…	…	…	…		0.5
Rhondda B.C.	A4058	Improvement from Pontypridd U.D.C. boundary to Britannia Bridge	…	…	…	…	…		0.5
Merioneth	A496	Llanelltyd-Barmouth Aber-Amffra improvement	…		0.3
Monmouthshire	A472	Pontypool to Hafodyrynys	…	…	…	…		0.4
	Pontypool	Link to Pontypool Road	…	…	…	…		0.4
		Western By-Pass
	Cwmbran	Link to Pontypool Road	…	…	…	…		1.0
		Western By-Pass
Cwmbran Development Corporation	Cwmbran	Drive (Stage I)	…	…	…	…	…	…		2.0
Cardiff C.B.C.	A4161	Atlas Road/Leckwith Road/Wellington Street Junction Improvement	…	…	…	…	…		0.7
Merthyr Tydfil C.B.C.	A4102	Extension of Dual Carriageway from Victoria Cinema to Market Street, Dowlais	…	…	…	…		0.3

Mr. Gower

asked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total value of trunk and principal road schemes, respectively, firmly programmed.

Mr. Peter Thomas

The information is as follows:

	£ million
Motorways and trunk roads	38.6
Principal roads	16.4