§ Ms LynneTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to her answer of 15 March,Official Report, column 11, what was the number of (a) NHS consultant oncologist posts in England and Wales and (b) women diagnosed to be suffering from breast cancer in 1981; what is the current oncologist ratio for women suffering from breast cancer in England and Wales; and what is the current five-year survival rate for women treated for breast cancer.
§ Mr. SackvilleAt 30 September 1981 there were 18 whole-time equivalent—wte—posts in England and Wales in medical oncology. In 1986 the ratio of wte consultants to patients treated for breast cancer was 1:869.
Year 1987–88 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 Target Average Gross Income1 56,340 61,165 65,038 67,235 72,369 Actual Average Gross Income1 56,006 64,389 64,154 70,771 84,828 Difference1 -334 3,224 -884 3,536 12,459 Gross Expenditure £ million2 819.640 949.715 947.690 1,039.996 1,246.094 Charges Income £ million2 240.386 290.639 366.198 379.729 404.094 Charges Income as percentage of Gross GDS Expenditure2 29.3 30.6 38.6 36.5 32.4 Net Expenditure as percentage of Gross GDS Expenditure2 70.7 69.4 61.4 63.5 67.6 1Figures refer to DRSG principals in Great Britain. 2Figures refer to GDS Expenditure for England.