HC Deb 09 January 1996 vol 269 cc74-6W
Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 28 November,Official Report, column 614, on national health service staff if he will provide details of medical locums by specialty. [7753]

Mr. Malone

The information is not available in the form requested. However, table 17A of the medical and dental manpower census, copies of which are available in the Library, shows directly employed locums in hospitals by specialty. This information excludes, for example, agency locums and public health and community health service locums. This latter information is not available centrally.

Mr. Milburn

To ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer of 12 December,Official Report, column 579, on medical and non-medical vacancies in the national health service, if he will provide a regional breakdown of figures. [7754]

Mr. Malone

The regional breakdown of vacancy data is shown in the tables. Data on junior doctors and the regional breakdown of consultants for 1991 could be provided only at disproportionate cost.

Information on vacancies for general practitioners is not centrally available. Figures on nursing and midwifery collected by the office of manpower and economics are available in the annual report of the review body of nursing staff, midwives health visitors and professions allied to medicine. Copies of the review body's report are available in the Library and includes regional data.

Whole-time equivalent of hospital medical consultant vacant posts by region at 30 September
1990 1992 1993 1994
England 700 540 480 570
Northern 70 30 30 40
Yorkshire 40 50 30 40
Trent 70 80 50 70
East Anglia 20 20 10 30
North-West Thames 20 20 30 40
North-East Thames 70 50 80 50
South-East Thames 40 10 30 40
South-West Thames 70 30 30 30
Wessex 40 10 10 10
Oxford 20 0 20 10
South Western 60 40 30 30

Whole-time equivalent of hospital medical consultant vacant posts by region at 30 September
1990 1992 1993 1994
West Midlands 110 110 70 100
Mersey 20 20 30 40
North Western 60 60 50 50
Special Health Authorities 10 10 0 0

Figures are rounded to the neatest 10. A regional breakdown for 1991 is available only at disproportionate cost.

Whole-time equivalent of junior doctor vacant posts by region as at 30 September 1990
Senior registrar Registrar Senior house officer
England 230 230 70
Northern 10 20 0
Yorkshire 10 10 10
Trent 40 20 10
East Anglia 10 20 0
North-West Thames 0 10 0
North-East Thames 20 30 10
South-East Thames 20 10 0
South-West Thames 10 10 10
Wessex 10 10 10
Oxford 20 10 0
South Western 20 10 0
West Midlands 20 20 10
Mersey 10 50 0
North Western 30 20 10
Special Health Authorities 10 0 0

Vacant post figures for house officers are not collected.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, therefore individual grades may not add up to the total.

Whole-time equivalent of junior doctor vacant posts by region as at 30 September 1992
Senior registrar Registrar Senior house officer
England 180 280 120
Northern 10 20 10
Yorkshire 30 50 10
Trent 20 30 10
East Anglia 10 10 0
North-West Thames 10 20 10
North-East Thames 20 40 20
South-East Thames 0 10 10
South-West Thames 10 20 20
Wessex 0 0 0
Oxford 0 0 0
South Western 20 30 10
West Midlands 40 20 10
Mersey 10 30 10
North-Western 0 20 10
Special Health Authorities 10 10 10

Vacant post figures for house officers are not collected.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, therefore individual grades may not add up to the total.

Whole-time equivalent of junior doctor vacant posts by region as at 30 September 1993
Senior registrar Registrar Senior house officer
England 200 310 130
Northern 0 0 10
Yorkshire 10 30 10

Whole-time equivalent of junior doctor vacant posts by region as at 30 September 1993
Senior registrar Registrar Senior house officer
Trent 40 50 10
East Anglia 20 20 10
North-West Thames 20 30 10
North-East Thames 20 40 20
South East Thames 0 10 10
South-West Thames 10 20 0
Wessex 0 10 0
Oxford 0 0 0
South Western 20 50 10
West Midlands 20 20 10
Mersey 40 30 10
North Western 0 10 10
Special Health Authorities 0 0 0

Vacant post figures for house officers are not collected.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, therefore individual grades may not add up to the total.

Whole-time equivalent of junior doctor vacant posts by region as at 30 September 1994
Senior registrar Registrar Senior house officer
England 200 280 170
Northern 10 10 10
Yorkshire 20 20 10
Trent 10 20 10
East Anglia 30 10 10
North-West Thames 20 30 10
North-East Thames 20 40 30
South-East Thames 10 10 10
South-West Thames 10 20 20
Wessex 10 10 0
Oxford 0 10 0
South Western 20 40 10
West Midlands 40 30 20
Mersey 0 0 0
North Western 10 30 10
Special Health Authorities 0 0 0

Vacant post figures for house officers are not collected.

Figures are rounded to the nearest 10, therefore individual grades may not add up to the total.