§ Mr. Stan Thorneasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish figures similar to those in table E5, page 430, "Report of Royal Commission on the National Health Service", showing the percentage of hospital medical consultants holding whole-time National Health Service appointments, by region and specialty, for the latest periods, including 1979, 1980 and 1981.
§ Dr. VaughanThe latest available information is set out in the table, below.
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Percentage of permanent paid hospital medical consultants holding whole-time NHS appointments by region and specialty: Analysis by specialty (England and Wales) Specialty 30 September 1979 30 September 1980 30 September1981 All specialties 47.6 49.8 51.3 Ophthalmology 7.7 9.6 12.7 General surgery 13.6 15.5 16.8 Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 15.1 16.0 16.9 Ear, nose and throat 15.8 16.8 18.2 Obstetrics and gynaecology 17.5 19.9 22.1 Mental illness 74.4 76.0 75.8 Diseases of the chest 79.5 77.1 76.6 Pathology 81.3 81.8 82.4 Paediatrics 81.9 84.3 84.5 Accident and emergency 86.4 86.8 87.8 Mental handicap 92.6 92.0 91.7 Geriatric medicine 94.4 94.4 95.1
Analysis of all specialties by region (Great Britain) Region 30 September 1979 30 September 1980 30 September 1981* England 46.8 49.0 North West Thames 29.7 31.4 North East Thames 31.6 33.7 South West Thames 36.9 38.1 South East Thames 37.0 39.8 Oxford 42.6 45.7 Wessex 48.4 50.8 North Western 48.7 50.9 Yorkshire 49.3 51.9 South Western 50.3 52.3 Mersey 53.4 56.4 East Anglia 54.2 56.7 West Midlands 55.5 56.8 Trent 55.9 59.1 Northern 68.3 71.9 Wales 62.7 64.4 Scotland 82.9 84.2 Great Britain 52.0 54.1 *The analysis by region at 30 September 1981 is not yet available.