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Mr. Foulkes
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table showing for the latest available year, in relation to general practitioners, dentists and hospital consultants (a) the total number employed or contracted on a full-time basis and (b) the number employed or contracted for each gradation of part-time service allowed for by the relevant contracts of employment.
Dr. Vaughan
The information requested is in the following table:
| NUMBER OF HOSPITAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL CONSULTANTS BY TYPE OF CONTRACTS HELD: AND NUMBER OF GENERAL MEDICAL AND DENTAL PRACTITIONERS* IN ENGLAND AND WALES AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Part-time (number of sessions) | |||||||||||||
| Total | Whole-time | Maximum part-time | 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Honorary | |
| Hospital Medical Consultants | 12,522 | 5,297 | 3,380 | 1,809 | 57 | 136 | 130 | 238 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 1,392 |
| Hospital Dental Consultants | 494 | 151 | 95 | 44 | — | 4 | 3 | 12 | 3 | 7 | 7 | — | 168 |
| General Medical Practitioners† | 24,507 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| General Dental Practitioners‡ | 12,758 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| * General medical and dental practitioners are independent contractors and the service they provide cannot be classified as part-time or whole-time work. | |||||||||||||
| † Includes unrestricted and restricted principals, assistants and trainees. | |||||||||||||
| ‡ Includes principals and assistants. | |||||||||||||