§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services which regions at present have a consultant clinical geneticist in post.
§ Mr. John PattenThe number and whole-time equivalent of consultants in clinicial genetics in post in each English regional health authority at 30 September 1983 is given in the following table:
Consultants in the Specialty Clinical Genetics Analysis by Region showing Number and Whole-time Equivalent at 30 September 1983 Region Number Whole-time Equivalents Total English Regions 26 16.9 Trent 3 2.4 East Anglian 1 0.5 North West Thames 2 1.1 North East Thames 4 1.9 South East Thames 2 1.4 South West Thames 1 0.1 Wessex 4 3.5 Oxford 1 0.6 West Midlands 1 1.0 North Western 3 2.5 London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals 4 1.9 Northern — — Mersey — — Yorkshire — — South Western — —