§ Baroness Noakesasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many overseas doctors were working within the National Health Service in the week commencing 21 October under the scheme to get overseas teams of doctors to work within the National Health Service in order to clear waiting lists. [HL6200]
§ Lord Hunt of Kings Heath:Overseas doctors working as part of the overseas clinical team initiative were working at five different sites in the week commencing 21 October 2002. Two surgeons and two anaesthetists were working at South Tyneside Healthcare Acute Trust, three surgeons were working at East Somerset NHS Trust, four surgeons and two anaesthetists were working at Morecambe Bay Hospitals NHS Trust, one doctor was working at Central Middlesex hospital and one surgeon was working at Hillingdon hospital.