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Mr. Kenneth Clarke
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants for each 100,000 population are practising in the area of the Trent regional health authority; how this compares with the national average; and what were the equivalent figures in each year since the creation of the Trent regional health authority.
Mr. Moyle
The information requested is given in the table below. Equivalent figures for 1978 are not yet available.
| NUMBER OF CONSULTANTS* (WHOLE-TIME EQUIVALENTS) PER 100,000 POPULATION | ||||
| At 30th September | ||||
| 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | |
| Trent | 14·31 | 14·63 | 15·98 | 16·55 |
| England and Wales | 20·11 | 20·66 | 21·49 | 21·80 |
| * Including senior hospital medical officers with the allowance. | ||||