§ Mr. DafisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will publish an estimate of the number of overseas-qualified doctors currently working in the United Kingdom according to each standard United Kingdom region.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe table gives the number and whole-time equivalent figures for hospital and community health service medical staff who qualified overseas, by region, in England and Wales, as at 30 September 1990, the latest date for which figures are available.
Information relating to Scotland and Northern Ireland is a matter for my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend, the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.
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Hospital medical CHS Total Number Whole-time equivalent Number Whole-time equivalent Number Whole-time equivalent Special Hospitals 21 21.0 0 0.0 21 21.0 Total 11,187 9,277.8 1,530 809.1 12,717 10,086.9