§ Mr. KirkwoodTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what research his Department has(a) commissioned and (b) evaluated into the amount of time spent by hospital staff in meetings; what is the estimated cost of such meetings in terms of lost man hours; what were the findings of this research, broken down where possible by region; and if he will make a statement. [7290]
§ Mr. MaloneInformation on research commissioned by the Department of Health is contained in "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme" and "The Centrally Commissioned Research Programme: Commissions in 1994–95", copies of which are available in the Library.
Hospital medical consultants in England whole-time equivalents for each region—30 September 1985 to 1995 1985 1986 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 1993 1994 1995 Northern 840 860 880 890 940 940 970 1,030 950 880 1,150 Yorkshire 860 880 910 940 1,020 970 1,000 1,130 1,190 1,220 1,260 Trent 1,010 1,060 1,110 1,160 1,200 1,230 1,250 1,330 1,360 1,420 1,540 East Anglian 510 520 530 550 580 630 650 630 660 830 880 North West Thames 890 890 890 860 940 1,040 1,060 960 930 1,100 1,160 North East Thames 1,200 1,180 1,090 1,180 1,180 1,240 1,240 1,340 1,310 1,360 1,520 South East Thames 1,000 1,030 1,050 1,070 1,100 1,130 1,160 1,170 1,190 1,290 1,360 South West Thames 720 750 760 770 780 820 850 820 890 930 1,000 Wessex 680 690 730 740 770 780 810 840 880 910 960 Oxford 590 610 630 650 660 670 690 710 760 790 820 South Western 730 750 770 780 820 850 870 900 930 960 1,050 West Midlands 1,260 1,310 1,340 1,370 1,410 1,460 1,500 1,530 1,550 1,600 1,740 Mersey 600 620 630 640 690 720 730 750 810 840 870 North Western 1,120 1,160 1,170 1,180 1,220 1,290 1,310 1,300 1,350 1,440 1,530 SHAs and Special Hospitals 380 390 380 390 400 420 440 410 460 70 80 England 12,400 12,680 12,860 13,200 13,670 14,190 14,500 14,850 15,210 15,640 16,930 Source: The Department of Health Medical and Dental Workforce census. Notes:
1. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. The England total may not agree with the sum of the regions due to rounding.