HC Deb 23 May 1985 vol 79 c537W
Mr. Hoyle

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultant posts there are; and how this compares with 1980.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The numbers of medical and dental consultant posts in the hospital service in England at 30 September 1984, and at the comparable date in 1980, are given in the following table.

Medical posts Dental posts Total posts
30 September 1984 14,117 529 14,646
30 September 1980 13,240 506 13,746