§ Mr. Rookerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of consultants in post for each regional health authority and show the
PAID AND HONORARY CONSULTANTS* AND VACANT CONSULTANTS POST AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 ENGLAND AND WALES Region Total Medical Number in Post† Vacant Posts‡ Total Dental Number in Post† Vacant Posts‡ All Authorities … 14,310 13,403 907 560 545 15 England … 13,596 12,734 862 529 516 13 Northern … 866 802 64 34 33 1 Yorkshire … 862 809 53 37 37 — Trent … 1,014 945 69 36 36 — East Anglia … 476 458 18 11 11 — North West Thames … 1,333 1,259 74 30 29 1 North East Thames … 1,391 1,232 159 64 61 3 South East Thames … 1,165 1,095 70 50 50 — South West Thames … 926 845 81 37 36 1 Wessex … 676 665 11 21 20 1 Oxford … 572 530 42 16 15 1 South Western … 748 712 36 34 33 1 West Midlands … 1,189 1,133 56 52 51 1 Mersey … 660 620 40 25 24 1 North Western … 1,103 1,034 69 44 44 — London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals … 615 595 20 38 36 2 Wales … 714 669 45 31 29 2 * This includes SHMOs and SHDOs with allowance † Where consultants hold appointments in more than one region they are shown in each of the regions where they work. The total numbers of consultants in post at 30 September 1979 in England and Wales without double counting were 12,531 and 497 for doctors and dentists respectively. ‡ These columns do not include posts for which regions have been given central manpower approval but which have never been filled or advertised.