§ Mr. CongdonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many junior doctors and dentists in each region in England are contracted for more than(a) 83 hours a week or (b) 72 hours a week in on-call posts.
§ Dr. MawhinneyAt 31 March 1994, the returns from the 14 English regional task forces on junior doctors' hours were as follows:
Region (a) Contracted for more than 83 hours a week (b) Contracted for between 73 and 83 hours a week in hard-pressed on-call posts Northern 0 453 Yorkshire 2 978 Trent 0 342 East Anglian 0 254 North West Thames 1 419 North East Thames 0 674 South East Thames 5 392 South West Thames 4 478 Wessex 0 323 Oxford 0 263 South Western 1 128 West Midlands 0 529 Mersey 0 317 North Western 0 974 Total 13 6,524