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Mr. Rooker
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of consultants in post for each regional health authority and show the
| PAID AND HONORARY CONSULTANTS* AND VACANT CONSULTANTS POST AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 ENGLAND AND WALES | |||||||
| Region | Total | Medical Number in Post† | Vacant Posts‡ | Total | Dental Number in Post† | Vacant Posts‡ | |
| All Authorities | … | 14,310 | 13,403 | 907 | 560 | 545 | 15 |
| England | … | 13,596 | 12,734 | 862 | 529 | 516 | 13 |
| Northern | … | 866 | 802 | 64 | 34 | 33 | 1 |
| Yorkshire | … | 862 | 809 | 53 | 37 | 37 | — |
| Trent | … | 1,014 | 945 | 69 | 36 | 36 | — |
| East Anglia | … | 476 | 458 | 18 | 11 | 11 | — |
| North West Thames | … | 1,333 | 1,259 | 74 | 30 | 29 | 1 |
| North East Thames | … | 1,391 | 1,232 | 159 | 64 | 61 | 3 |
| South East Thames | … | 1,165 | 1,095 | 70 | 50 | 50 | — |
| South West Thames | … | 926 | 845 | 81 | 37 | 36 | 1 |
| Wessex | … | 676 | 665 | 11 | 21 | 20 | 1 |
| Oxford | … | 572 | 530 | 42 | 16 | 15 | 1 |
| South Western | … | 748 | 712 | 36 | 34 | 33 | 1 |
| West Midlands | … | 1,189 | 1,133 | 56 | 52 | 51 | 1 |
| Mersey | … | 660 | 620 | 40 | 25 | 24 | 1 |
| North Western | … | 1,103 | 1,034 | 69 | 44 | 44 | — |
| London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals | … | 615 | 595 | 20 | 38 | 36 | 2 |
| Wales | … | 714 | 669 | 45 | 31 | 29 | 2 |
| * This includes SHMOs and SHDOs with allowance | |||||||
| † Where consultants hold appointments in more than one region they are shown in each of the regions where they work. The total numbers of consultants in post at 30 September 1979 in England and Wales without double counting were 12,531 and 497 for doctors and dentists respectively. | |||||||
| ‡ These columns do not include posts for which regions have been given central manpower approval but which have never been filled or advertised. | |||||||