§ Mr. RedmondTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what is the qualified staffing per resident population in the Doncaster area health authority; and what is the national figure.
§ Mr. MellorAt 30 September 1988 there were 9.4 qualified doctors and dentists and 51.9 qualified nursing and midwifery staff in the NHS in England per 10,000 resident population. The figures for Doncaster health authority were 4.1 and 55 respectively.
The Doncaster figures for doctors and dentists are not directly comparable with the national figures, because they do not include consultants and senior registrars working in the district whose contracts are held by Trent regional health authority.
Information on other professionally qualified staff could be obtained only at disproportionate cost.