§ Mr. Arnoldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many vacancies there are for consultant psychiatric posts in the National Health Service; and if he will break the figures down by region.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergAt 30 September 1982 there were 216 consultant posts without a permanent holder in psychiatric specialities in England, some one third of which were partly or wholly occupied by locums. A break down of the figures by region is given in the following table.
Consultant Posts without a permanent holder in psychiatric specialties at 30 September 1982: England Posts without a permanent holder Locums in post Number whole-time equivalents whole-time equivalents Northern 14 13.5 8.0 Yorkshire 14 13.5 4.5 Trent 26 26.0 3.7 East Anglia 8 7.5 1.7 N W Thames 15 10.2 4.8 N E Thames 21 17.7 4.5 S E Thames 8 8.0 4.0 S W Thames 8 5.7 2.4 Wessex 9 8.6 1.5 Oxford 13 12.4 2.7 S Western 7 7.0 3.0 W Midlands 17 17.0 5.9 Mersey 10 9.5 3.8 N Western 35 34.0 3.9 London post-graduate teaching hospitals 4 2.7 1.2 Special Hospitals 7 6.2 4.2 Total 216 199.6 59.8