§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what would be the additional cost to the Health Service if all general hospital doctors were given six weeks annual leave instead of the present customary four weeks.
§ Dr. VaughanAt present, only house officers receive four weeks of annual leave: senior house officers, registrars and newly appointed medical assistants are entitled to five weeks and all other hospital doctors to six weeks. The salary cost of employing locums to maintain the present level of cover if the junior grades were given
Year Cause of death Sex 1975 1976 1977 1978 *1979 Malignant neoplasms Males 61,806 63,367 63,234 63,938 64,349 Females 53,358 54,792 54,531 55,190 56,112 Heart disease Males 94,369 94,798 93,607 96,458 96,996 Females 80,716 82,367 79,859 81,453 82,537 Diabetes mellitus Males 1,908 1,931 1,871 1,889 1,847 Females 2,896 2,821 2,699 2,714 2,617 *In 1979 a revision of the international classification of diseases (ICD) was introduced and figures for that year may not be strictly comparable with the other years. ICD codes used are as follows:
ICD 8th Rev 1975–78 ICD 9th Rev 1979 Malignant neoplasms 140–209 140–208 393–398 393–398 Heart disease 410–414 410–414 420–429 416,420–429 Diabetes 250 250