§ Mr. MorganTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what is his current estimate of the number of general practices in Wales with(a) no female general practitioner in the practice, (b) a part-time only female general practitioner, (c) a full-time female general practitioner but not in partnership and (d) other; and if he will make a statement.
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Medical staff in post as at1 30 September 1979 30 September 1990 230 September 1991 Consultants 614.1 826.5 839.7 Senior registrars 112.8 138.7 143.8 Registrars 321.6 357.1 352.4 Junior hospital doctors3 669.6 898.2 866.2 1 Whole-time equivalents excluding locum staff and hospital dental staff. 2 Provisional. 3 House officers and senior house officers.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information relates to partnerships and single-handed practitioners. Of the 550 in Wales as at 1 April 1992 there were:
- (a) 281 which had no female practitioner;
- (b) 42 which had one female part-time practitioner;
- (c) 11 female practitioners who practised as single-handed doctors;
- (d) 216 partnerships which had at least one full-time female practitioner.
The information provided relates to principals, unrestricted and restricted, in general practice. Information relating to the number of female trainees and assistants in general practice has not been included, as the data required at individual partnership level is not readily available.