§ Lord James Douglas-Hamiltonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services
OUTFLOW FROM GREAT BRITAIN OF FULLY OR PROVISIONALLY REGISTERED CIVILIAN DOCTORS BORN IN GREAT BRITAIN OR IRELAND SHOWING THEIR LAST KNOWN OCCUPATION PRIOR TO LEAVING GREAT BRITAIN Year Total NHS Hospital Service NHS General Medical Service Other Unknown 1964–65 … … 1,050 250 170 140 490 1965–66 … … 940 290 180 190 280 1966–67 … … 1,030 350 110 190 380 1967–68 … … 1,070 460 120 220 270 1968–69 … … 840 360 80 220 180 1969–70 … … 930 390 80 260 200 1970–71 … … 840 330 50 230 230 1971–72 … … 780 290 60 170 260 1972–73 … … 920 400 60 190 270 Note: The column headed "Other" includes doctors known to be employed outside the NHS, retired or not active in medicine prior to leaving the country.
444Wwhat was the number of doctors emigrating from the United Kingdom for each year from 1960 to 1976 giving a breakdown of the specialty concerned, particularly: (a) those qualified as anaesthetists, (b) those qualified as psychiatrists, (c) those qualified as radiologists; and (d) those qualified as pathologists; and what was the level of the last post held by these doctors in the National Health Service, giving their specialty and the exact numbers for each year from 1960 to 1976.
§ Mr. EnnalsPrecise information in the form requested is not available. However figures for the number of doctors entering and leaving Great Britain between 1962 and 1973 were given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Luton, West (Mr. Sedgemore) on 29th March 1976. Information about migration in years subsequent to 1972–73 was given in my reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Gower (Mr. Davies) on 18th March 1976.
Available information about the employment of Great Britain or Irish-born doctors prior to their leaving the country is tabulated below. A detailed breakdown of the grades of those holding posts in the National Health Service Hospital Service is not available, although it is estimated that in one year (1969–70) approximately 25 per cent, of those known to hold hospital appointments in the National Health Service before leaving Great Britain held such appointments in the senior grades.—[Vol. 908, c. 405–6; Vol. 907, c. 629.]