§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what percentage of(a) anaesthetics and (b) psychiatry posts are currently unfilled; and if he will make a statement. [12008]
§ Mr. RichardsInformation on medical staff in the NHS in Wales is collected by means of an annual census of staff in post at 30 September. The latest available information, which relates to whole-time equivalent numbers at 30 September 1994, is given in the following table.
Percentage of posts not occupied by a permanent holder Filled by a locum Not filled by a locum Anaesthetics 0.6 1.4 Psychiatry1 0.7 0.7 1Includes the specialties of mental handicap, mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, psychotherapy and old age psychiatry.