§ Mr. JackTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services, by specialty and for each regional health authority in England and Wales, what was(a) the number of consultants employed on full-time contracts, (b) the number of consultants employed on part-time contracts, (c) the number of hours worked by full-time consultants and (d) the number of hours worked by part-time consultants.
§ Mr. NewtonI regret that information in the precise form requested is not available, since we do not hold information on hours worked by consultants. However, such information as is readily available is given in two tables which I have placed in the Library. The first shows for each specialty and for each of the English regional health authorities and for Wales, the numbers of consultants at 30 September 1986 in the following categories:
- i. Whole-time;
- ii. maximum part-time;
- iii. other part-time, distinguishing between those with nine sessions, those with less than nine sessions, and those on the doctors' retainer scheme; and
- iv. doctors with honorary consultant contracts.
The second gives, again for each specialty and region, the average number of sessions for which consultants are
Table 1 Number of live and still births of 2,500 grams and under birthweight and percentages of all births. England and Wales 1976–86 Year Livebinhs 2,500g and under Percentage of all livebirths Stillbirths 2,500g and under Percentage of all stillbirths 1976 37,465 6.4 3,524 62.5 1977 36,917 6.5 3,462 65.0 1978 39,146 6.6 3,302 65.5 1979 43,028 6.7 3,316 65.5 1980 44,764 6.8 3,152 66.5 1981 43,079 6.8 2,751 661 1982 42,726 68 2,418 62.1 1983 42,568 6.8 2,282 63.6 1984 43,132 6.8 2,291 63.6 1985 44,531 6.8 2,282 63.5 1986 45,473 6.9 2,225 62.7 Source: DHSS, annual summaries of LHS 27/1 returns.
184Wcontracted, distinguishing between those with whole-time or maximum part-time contracts and those with other part-time or honorary contracts.