§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors are currently training in the National Health Service and what were the figures for 1960, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983, respectively.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeAll doctors below consultant grade in the main hospital grades are undergoing further and often highly specialised training prior to obtaining full clinical autonomy although, they are all qualified doctors and some are senior and experienced. On that basis there were 24,255 qualified doctors in NHS training grades in England, including locums and university staff in honorary NHS contracts at 30 September 1983. More recent information is not yet available. Exactly comparable figures for earlier years are not available, but the table gives the numbers in the training grades of the hospital service, in community medicine and in the general medical services (excluding locums in each case) for the years 1963, 1970, 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982 and 1983.
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Doctors in NHS training grades in England 1963–1983 Year Total Hospital Services* Community-Medicine† General Medical Services† 1963 n.a. 10,045 n.a. 195 1970 n.a. 12,958 n.a. 194 1979 20,934 19,671 120 1,143 1980 21,745 20,258 134 1,353 1981 22,470 20,761 148 1,561 1982 22,707 20,946 184 1,577 1983 23,196 21,358 214 1,624 * Permanent paid and honorary doctors in post at 30 September in the following grades: senior registrar, registrar, senior house officer, house officer. † Permanent paid staff in post at 30 September each year in the following grades: senior registrar, registrar and senior house officer. ‡ Trainees in post at 1 October each year.