§ Mr. SpearingTo ask the Secretary of State for Health from what date a compulsory requirement for junior doctors to serve in a casualty and accident department ceased to apply; what consultations took place between her Department and the relevant medical authorities concerning this change; and what estimate she has made of the impact of these measures on the supply of junior doctors to other departments. [21869]
§ Mr. MaloneThe content of training programmes for junior doctors is the responsibility of the relevant royal college or faculty. Since January 1994, it has not been compulsory for doctors wishing to sit the fellowship
Deaths assigned to ICD1 codes E950–E959 (suicide and self-inflicted injury) and E980–E989 (injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted), England, 1988–93 Farmers Farm workers All persons E950–E959 suicide E980–E989 undetermined E950–E959 suicide E980–E989 undetermined E950–E959 suicide E980–E989 undetermined 1988 43 6 25 3 3,968 1,987 1989 32 5 21 6 3,515 1,868 1990 33 8 21 9 3,710 1,884 1991 36 10 18 2 3,630 1,937 1992 31 7 17 8 3,675 1,866 19932 31 3 14 11 3,299 1,323 1 International Classification of Diseases, 9th Revision. 2 1993 figures are provisional. The system of coding underlying cause of death in England and Wales was changed on 1 January 1993. Numbers for 1993 may not be comparable to earlier years for some causes, including suicide and injury undetermined whether accidentally or purposely inflicted. Work is continuing to clarify this, and further details will be available later in the year.