§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of the total bed capacity of national health service providers is(a) unused and (b) used for private practice.
§ Mr. SackvilleData about levels of occupancy of national health service beds are not held centrally. Information is held about the number of occupied bed days relating to each consultant episode. In total, there were over 45 million occupied bed days during 1991–92 in the
Hospital medical consultants by population in each region England - 30 September 1992 1989 1990 1991 1992 Whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents per 100,000 population Whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents per 100,000 population Whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents per 100,000 population Whole-time equivalents Whole-time equivalents per 100,000 population Northern 940 30.5 940 30.6 970 31.6 1,030 33.3 Yorkshire 1,020 283 970 26.5 1,000 27.3 1,130 30.6 Trent 1,200 25.7 1,230 26.2 1,250 26.7 1,330 28.2 East Anglia 580 28.4 630 30.6 650 31.4 630 29.9 North West Thames 940 27.0 1,040 29.9 1,060 30.3 960 27.0 North East Thames 1,180 31.2 1,240 32.8 1,240 32.5 1,340 35.7 South East Thames 1,100 30.0 1,130 31.0 1,170 31.8 1,170 31.6 South West Thames 780 26.4 820 27.7 850 28.4 820 26.9 Wessex 770 26.2 780 26.6 810 27.6 840 28.0 Oxford 660 26.1 670 26.5 690 26.7 710 27.4 South Western 820 25.3 850 26.0 870 26.7 900 27.0 West Midlands 1,410 27.2 1,460 27.9 1,500 28.7 1,530 29.1 Mersey 690 28.6 720 29.9 730 30.4 750 31.2 North Western 1,220 30.7 1,290 32.3 1,310 32.6 1,290 32.3
§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many full-time equivalent consultants were employed in the NHS in each year since 1990–91.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe available information is shown in the table.
Hospital medical and dental consultants in England at 30 September (whole-time equivalent) Number 1990 14,590 1991 14,900 1992 15,290 Note: Figures rounded to the nearest 10 whole-time equivalent