§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the number of junior doctors working an average of more than 83 hours a week nationally and by region at 1 April.
§ Dr. MawhinneyInformation on the number of junior doctors and dentists contracted for more than a maximum average of 83 hours per week at 31 March nationally and by region is shown in the table.
Region Number Northern 0 Yorkshire 18 Trent 0 East Anglian 3 North West Thames 89 North East Thames 101 South East Thames 9 South West Thames 21 Wessex 4 Oxford 31 South Western 2 West Midlands 33 Mersey 0 North Western 59 England 370 Notes:
(i)Figures derived from the reports of the 14 English regional task forces.
(ii)Special health authorities included in the figures for the Thames regions