§ Mr. GalbraithTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will give for each year since 1980 the total number of doctors employed by the National Health Service and express this as a percentage of the 1980 figure.
§ Mrs. Virginia BottomleyThe information is given in the table:
Total Doctors Expressed as a percentage of base year: 1980 1980 63,130 — 1981 64,612 102.3 1982 65,591 103.9 1983 66,910 106.0 1984 67,282 106.6 1985 68,194 108.0 1986 68,839 109.0 1987 69,532 110.10 1988 70,866 112.3 Notes: Includes permanent paid and honorary staff; excludes locum staff, hospital practitioners and clinical assistants in the hospital and community health services. Includes general medical practitioners.