§ Mr. George Grantasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the latest estimate of the percentage of junior doctors on the staff of the Northern Region hospitals coming from overseas; and what were the corresponding percentages for 1970 and 1965.
§ Mr. MoyleAt 30th September 1975, 59 per cent. of the junior doctors em-490W ployed in Northern Region hospitals had been born outside Great Britain or Ireland. The corresponding figures for stall employed by the Newcastle Regional Hospital Board and the United Newcastle Boards of Governors were 60 per cent. at 30th September 1970 and 57 per cent. at 30th September 1967—the earliest figure available. These are not exactly comparable with the 1975 figure, as regional boundaries changed on reorganisation of the Health Service.