§ Mr. Maxtonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors' posts have been lost in the National Health Service over the past year.
§ Mr. HayhoeI regret that the information requested is not collected centrally. However, sustained increases in medical manpower in the hospital and community health services are shown in the following table.
Hospital and community health services medical staff at 30 September: England Whole-time equivalent Number 1979 34,929 1984 38,201 1985 38,851