§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many obstetricians are employed by the National Health Service in England; and
Region Hospital Doctors GP Obstetricians Births Obstetricians per 10,000 Births (i) (ii) (iii) (iv) Northern … 176 (51.8) 1,114 38,467 335 (13.5) Yorkshire … 167 (42.1) 1,324 45,109 330 (9.3) Trent … 168 (34.1) 1,567 56,190 309 (6.1) East Anglia … 80 (23.6) 721 22,823 351 (10.3) North West Thames … 243 (48.5) 1,010 42,947 292 (11.3) North East Thames … 253 (58.8) 1,108 47,606 286 (12.4) South East Thames … 178 (42.8) 1,188 42,446 322 (10.1) South West Thames … 138 (32.9) 983 32,298 347 (10.1) Wessex … 116 (32.3) 1,037 32,419 356 (10.0) Oxford … 116 (26.9) 799 29,201 313 (9.2) South Western … 109 (29.3) 1,302 36,149 390 (8.1) West Midlands … 221 (52.8) 1,955 66,224 329 (8.0) Mersey … 134 (28.9) 886 31,629 322 (9.1) North Western … 221 (48.9) 1,471 51,311 330 (9.5) England (v) … 2,300 (559.2) 16,465 574,819 327 (9.7) Notes:
(i) Doctors holding hospital posts in Gynaecology and Obstetrics at 30th September 1975, excluding appointments under paragraph 94 of the Terms and Conditions of Service for Hospital Medical Staff. Doctors holding appointments in more than one region are listed in both. The bracketed figures show consultant whole time equivalents in the Region (including Senior Hospital Medical Officers with allowances).
(ii) At 1st October 1975.
(iii) Live and still births during the calendar year 1975. Births are assigned to the region of residence of the mother, not the region of occurrence of the birth.
(iv) Number of hospital doctors plus GP obstetricians per 10,000 births. (Bracketed figures are for consultant whole time equivalents per 10,000 births.)
(v) Because some doctors hold appointments in more than one region, the England figure is not the sum of the individual regional totals. Some 29 doctors holding appointments at Queen Charlotte's Hospital for Women and the Royal Marsden Hospital are included in the England total but not in individual totals unless they also hold appointments with the relevant Regional Health Authority.