HC Deb 20 February 1990 vol 167 c716W
69. Mr. Bowis

To ask the Secretary of State for Health whether there has been a change in the number of consultants employed in the National Health Service since 1979.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

Yes, the number of consultants has risen from 12,361 in 1979 to 14,950 in 1988; an increase of 21 per cent.