§ Ms. PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultant cancer physicians are employed by the national health service; if she will list their location by hospital and region; and what is their average salary.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe medical and dental census records the following number of consultant medical oncologists and radiotherapists and general surgeons in England in whole-time equivalents, as at 30 September 1991:
Medical oncologists Radiotherapists General surgeons Northern 1.0 10.0 74.9 Yorkshire 2.5 13.3 64.6 Trent 0.0 19.1 73.7 East Anglia 0.5 10.5 37.1 North West Thames 7.4 14.0 61.9 North East Thames 5.8 18.2 75.1 South East Thames 2.8 17.2 71.8 South West Thames 0.0 7.9 49.6 Wessex 2.1 11.4 48.7 Oxford 2.5 9.3 46.7 South Western 0.0 16.3 60.5 West Midlands 1.0 17.0 100.04 Mersey 1.6 10.7 47.8 North Western 2.2 16.2 88.4 SHAs 2.2 10.7 9.6 Total 31.6 202.6 910.8 Information on their average salary and the number of consultants in individual units is not held centrally.