§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many senior registrars in rheumatology there are in the west midlands; and what proposals there are for increasing the establishment.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAt 30 September 1982 there were three senior registrars in rheumatology in post in the west midlands health region. Nationally, the total numbers of senior registrar posts approved in any specialty are related to the likely number of future consultant vacancies in the specialty. In rheumatology we estimate there are at present sufficient senior registrars to fill likely future consultant vacancies and we have no plans to increase the senior registrar establishment in the specialty.
§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many senior registrar posts in rheumatology there are in each regional health authority in England and Wales.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe number of senior registrars posts in rheumatology and rehabilitation in each region at 30 September 1981 is given in the following table:30W
Region Number Whole-time equivalent Northern 4 3.5 Yorkshire 2 2.0 Trent 4 3.6 East Anglia 4 2.2 North West Thames 17 14.7 North East Thames 10 9.6 South East Thames 7 5.2 South West Thames 4 4.0 Wessex 5 5.0 Oxford 6 5.1 South Western 1 1.0 West Midlands 3 3.0 Mersey 1 1.0 North Western 6 5.3 London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals 3 2.8 Wales 2 2.0 Total 79 70.0