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Mrs. Renée Short
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what specific steps he intends to take to reduce the hours presently worked by junior doctors in National Health Service hospitals; and what discussions he intends to have about this with representatives of the medical profession and local health authorities.
| Whole time equivalent of consultant posts vacant or without a permanent holder in West Midlands region and England—September 1984 | |||
| West Midlands | England | Proportion in West Midlands (per cent.) | |
| (i) Wholly unoccupied | 110 | 703 | 16 |
| (ii) Occupied by locums | 15 | 174 | 9 |
| (iii) Posts unoccupied by a permanent holder for 12 months or more: | |||
| (a) wholly unoccupied | 39 | 325 | 12 |
| (b) occupied by locums | 6 | 69 | 9 |