HC Deb 09 February 1983 vol 36 cc406-7W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many operations involving the use of general anaesthetic were performed on patients admitted from the waiting list in the respective specialties of general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics by registrars for each quarter in each year of the past three years;

(2) how many operations involving the use of general anaesthetic were performed on patients admitted from the waiting list in the respective specialties of general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics by consultants for each quarter in each year of the past three years;

(3) how many operations involving the use of general anaesthetic were performed on patients admitted from the waiting list in the respective specialties of general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics by senior house officers for each quarter in each year for each of the past three years;

(4) what was the total number of general anaesthetics given by senior registrars, registrars, senior house officers, house officers, and consultants, respectively, for each quarter in the past three years;

(5) how many operations involving the use of general anaesthetic were performed on patients admitted from the waiting list in the respective specialties of general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics by house officers in each case for each quarter for the past three years;

(6) how many operations involving the use of general anaesthetic were performed on patients admitted from the waiting list in the respective specialties of general surgery, gynaecology and orthopaedics by senior registrars for each quarter in each year for each of the past three years.

Mr. Geoffrey Finsberg

Information is not collected on the grades of medical staff performing operations, or on the number of occasions when general anaesthetics are given.