HC Deb 10 December 1993 vol 234 cc392-3W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the figures from the returns for September showing how many junior doctors are contracted for an average of more than 83 hours per week, nationally and by region.

Dr. Mawhinney

The number of junior doctors and dentists in England contracted for more than a maximum average of 83 hours a week, at 30 September, is as follows:

Region Number
Northern 0
Yorkshire 5
Trent 0
East Anglian 4
North West Thames 1
North East Thames 32
South East Thames 5
South West Thames 2
Wessex 0
Oxford 0
South Western 0
West Midlands 42
Mersey 0
Region Number
North Western 0
ENGLAND 91

Regional task forces are monitoring these remaining posts closely to ensure that they are eliminated as quickly as possible.

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