§ Mr. Fisherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many (a) doctors and (b) consultants are employed in the National Health Service in North Staffordshire district health authority;
(2) how many consultants are employed in (a) general medicine, (b) geriatric medicine, (c) urology, (d) anaesthetics, (e) radiology, (f) ophthalmics, (g) obstetrics and gynaeocology, (h) mental illness, (i) child and adolescent psychiatry and (j) forensic science in North Staffordshire district health authority;
(3) how many consultants are employed per 10,000 population in (a) general medicine, (b) geriatric medicine, (c) urology, (d) anaesthetics, (e) radiology, (f) ophthalmics, (g) obstetrics and gynaecology, (h) mental illness, (i) child and adolescent psychiatry, and (j) forensic science in: (i) North Staffordshire district health authority, (ii) the West Midlands regional health authority and (iii) the United Kingdom;
(4) how many (a) doctors and (b) consultants per 10,000 population were employed in the National Health Service in (i) North Staffordshire district health authority, (ii) West Midlands regional health authority and (iii) the United Kingdom.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe following table sets out the information for the west midlands region and England and Wales. Information relating to north Staffordshire is not held centrally. The hon. Member should approach my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Scotland and for Northern Ireland if he wants information about those countries.
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Specialty West Midlands Region (whole-time-equivalents per 10,000 population*) England and Wales (whole-time-equivalents per 10,000 population*) 2. HOSPITAL MEDICAL STAFF†‡ Hospital Medical Staff‡ 6.57 7.37 * 1982 Mid-Summer estimates † As at 30 September 1982. ‡Excludes locums and general practitioners.