§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made in improving standards of patient care and reducing the working hours of junior hospital doctors by implementing the plan to increase over the coming five to 10 years the number of consultants in the National Health Service with a corresponding reduction in the numbers of hospital registrars.
§ Dr. VaughanAssessing the effects on patient care and hours of work of junior hospital doctors of implementing the plan referred to can be done only in retrospect.