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Mr. Barry Jones
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants in thoracic medicine there were per million population in (a) England and (b) the United Kingdom in (i) 1971, (ii) 1979 and (iii) 1984.
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
We do not have the information for all the years on a United Kingdom basis. The table gives the number of consultants in thoracic medicine per million population for (a) England and (b) Great Britain at 30 September each year.
| Thoracic Medicine | |||
| Consultants per million popluation | |||
| 1971 | 1979 | 1984 | |
| England | 6·7 | 4·8 | 3·0 |
| Great Britain | 7·0 | 5·1 | 3·3 |