HC Deb 28 October 1983 vol 47 c238W
Mrs. Dunwoody

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many vacant consultants' posts there are in each regional health authority.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

At 30 September 1982 the number of consultant posts in hospital medical and dental specialties without a permanent holder for each English region is given in the following table. Overall about a quarter of these posts were fully or partially occupied by locums, but detailed information is not available for individual regions.

Region Number of Consultant Medical and Dental Posts without a permanent holder at 30 September 1982
Northern 54
Yorkshire 59
Kent 96
East Anglia 30
NW Thames 72
NE Thames 120
SE Thames 50
SW Thames 70
Wessex 34
Oxford 52
South Western 26
West Midlands 80
Mersey 68
North Western 151
Total for English regions 962