§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the figure of consultants per 100,000 population in England and Wales and in each of the regional health authority areas, for each of the years since reorganisation of the Health Service.
§ Mr. MoyleThe following table gives whole time equivalent consultants per 100,000 population in post at 30th September in the stated years. Figures for 1976 are not yet available.
NUMBERS OF WHOLE-TIME EQUIVALENT HOSPITAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL CONSULTANTS PER 100,000 POPULATION 30th September 1974 30th September 1975 England and Wales* … 20.74 21.31 Northern … 22.02 22.49 Yorkshire … 19.27 19.91 Trent … 14.78 15.10 East Anglia … 20.64 21.33 North West Thames … 24.42 25.11 North East Thames … 24.66 25.19 South East Thames … 23.23 23.59 South West Thames … 19.61 20.73 Wessex … 19.85 20.55 Oxford … 20.24 20.59 South western … 17.93 18.08 West Midlands … 19.51 19.47 Mersey … 18.97 19.98 North western … 19.09 20.17 Wales … 19.46 20.36 * Includes staff of post-graduate teaching hospitals which are not included in any individual regional figure.
§ Mr. Whitlockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services for how many years current allocations of consultant posts would need to be continued to bring the figure of consultants per 100,000 population in the Trent Regional Health Authority up to the national average.
§ Mr. MoyleIf regions were allocated the same number of new consultant posts each year as they were in 1976–77, and if all of these posts were filled, then the number of consultants per 100,000 population in the Trent Region would equal the then current national average some time between 1985 and 1990. On the 575W same assumptions, consultant staffing in Trent would equal the present national average by 1980.