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Mr. Ashley
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many ear, nose and throat consultant posts
| Consultant posts in otolaryingology: Analysis by region showing number and whole-time equivalent of all posts for the years 1986, 1983 and 1979, also whole-time equivalent of posts unfilled by locums in 1986 (30 September each year) | |||||||
| 1986 | 1983 | 19791 | |||||
| Consultant posts | not occupied by locums | Consultant posts | Consultant posts | ||||
| Number | Whole-time equivalent | Whole-time equivalent | Number | Whole-time equivalent | Number | Whole-time equivalent | |
| Northern | 25 | 23·6 | — | 26 | 23·9 | 26 | 23·6 |
| Yorkshire | 24 | 23·3 | 2·0 | 27 | 24·1 | 25 | 23·1 |
| Trent | 35 | 31·9 | — | 32 | 29·8 | 30 | 26·6 |
| East Anglian | 13 | 13·0 | — | 14 | 13·9 | 13 | 12·9 |
| North West Thames | 27 | 18·6 | — | 31 | 21·3 | 39 | 23·1 |
| North East Thames | 45 | 33·0 | 0·8 | 49 | 32·0 | 42 | 28·9 |
| South East Thames | 33 | 29·1 | — | 37 | 29·5 | 38 | 27·8 |
| South West Thames | 31 | 24·2 | 0·8 | 31 | 24·6 | 32 | 21·8 |
| Wessex | 25 | 23·8 | 1·0 | 27 | 23·8 | 25 | 22·5 |
| Oxford | 19 | 18·1 | — | 18 | 18·0 | 16 | 15·8 |
| South Western | 23 | 21·7 | — | 24 | 22·8 | 25 | 21·5 |
| West Midlands | 40 | 39·5 | — | 39 | 37·9 | 37 | 34·1 |
| Mersey | 17 | 14·3 | — | 17 | 14·9 | 18 | 14·6 |
| North Western | 36 | 34·7 | 1·0 | 38 | 35·6 | 35 | 29·3 |
| SHA/LPGTHs | 11 | 2·8 | — | 12 | 3·1 | 24 | 12·2 |
| 1 Due to the National Health Service restructuring in 1982, figures for 1979 are not strictly comparable. | |||||||