HL Deb 13 May 1993 vol 545 c68WA
The Countess of Mar

asked Her Majesty's Government:

How many consultant toxicologists are contracted to the National Health Service on a full-time or part-time basis.

Baroness Cumberlege

Information on the numbers of toxicologists is not held centrally. Toxicology services are provided by doctors in a number of specialties, including clinical pharmacology and therapeutics and general medicine. Data for these specialties are shown in the table.

England (whole-time equivalent) 30th September 1991
Consultants
Specialty Full-time Part-time Total
General Medicine 544.0 574.8 1,118.8
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics 5.0 18.3 23.3