§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if employees in the regional outposts of the national health service executive and the new combined regional health authorities are asked to sign an acknowledgement that they understand the terms and conditions on which they are employed, including the terms of the Official Secrets Acts.
§ Mr. SackvilleI refer the hon. Member to the reply I gave her on 7 July,Official Report, column 311.
Staff employed in the national health service sign their employment contract on appointment and in so doing they acknowledge the terms and conditions contained therein. There is no standard contract. Most of the staff employed in the regional outposts, which now form part of the new
Hospital medical consultants by population in each region England—as at 30 September each year 1989 Whole-time equivalent per 100 thousand population 1990 Whole-time equivalent per 100 thousand population 1991 Whole-time equivalent per 100 thousand population 1992 Whole-time equivalent per 100 thousand population Northern 30.5 30.6 31.6 33.3 Yorkshire 28.3 26.5 27.3 30.6 Trent 25.7 26.2 26.7 28.2 East Anglia 28.4 30.6 31.4 29.9 North West Thames 27.0 29.9 30.3 27.0 North East Thames 31.2 32.8 32.5 35.7 South East Thames 30.0 31.0 31.8 31.6 South West Thames 26.4 27.7 28.4 26.9 Wessex 26.2 26.6 27.6 28.0 Oxford 26.1 26.5 26.7 27.4 South Western 25.3 26.0 26.7 27.0 West Midlands 27.2 27.9 28.7 29.1 Mersey 28.6 29.9 30.4 31.2 North Western 30.7 32.3 32.6 32.3
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will give the number of whole-time equivalent consultants employed in the NHS in the London implementation zone area, per head of population, in each year since 1989.
§ Mr. BowisThe available information is shown in the table.
Whole-time equivalent consultants employed in the national health service in inner London per 100,000 population (estimated) 1989 51.7 1990 50.7 1991 50.8 1992 52.1 Note: The figures refer to "Inner London" (as defined in the Tomlinson report).