HC Deb 24 March 1977 vol 928 c660W
Mr. Freud

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the average number of National Health Service consultants per head of population in Great Britain; and how this compares with the consultant-population ratio in the Isle of Ely and the Cambridgeshire and Norfolk Area Health Authorities, respectively.

Mr. Moyle

At 30th September 1975 numbers of whole-time equivalent hospital medical and dental consultants per 100,000 population were as follows:

Great Britain 22.3
*East Anglia Regional Health Authority 21.3
Cambridgehire Area Health Authority (Teaching) 26.5
Separate figures for the Isle of Ely and Norfolk Area Health Authority are not held centrally.
*Includes Cambridgeshire Area Health Authority (Teaching).