§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, in the light of the publication of the findings of the Policy Studies Institute on the relationship between overseas doctors and the National Health Service as being one of unequal treatment both in training and the job market, if he will consider methods of correcting this.
§ Mr. Patrick JenkinI have already indicated to overseas doctors that I will treat the Policy Studies Institute's findings with the utmost seriousness and am initiating discussions with those concerned with a view to working out approaches to deal with the problems which the report discusses.
1975 1976 1977 1978 Northern Region 2,471 2,657 2,692 2,735 Yorkshire and Humberside Region 3,885 3,810 3,910 3,940 North Western Region 4,361 4,664 4,714 4,803 West Midlands Region 3,826 4,040 4,109 3,880 East Midlands Region 2,475 2,524 2,522 2,539 London North Region 3,162 3,154 3,254 3,157 London Region 7,223 7,431 7,447 7,225 Southern Region* 3,750 3,636 3,529 3,402 South Western Region 1,892 1,979 1,904 1,817 * Includes both Wessex and South Eastern Regions.