Consultants (Mersey)

Mr. Goodlad
asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultants for each 100,000 population are practising in the area of the Mersey re-  gional health authority; how this compares with the national average; and what were the equivalent figures in each year since the creation of the Mersey regional health authority.

Mr. Moyle
The information requested is given in the table below. Equivalent figures for 1978 are not yet available.-------------------
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