Hospital Consultants 85. Mr. K. Robinson asked the Minister of Health the number of consultants employed by regional boards in England and Wales who have transferred from whole-time to part-time service in each of the last three years. Miss Hornsby-Smith Forty-two in 1951, 61 in 1952, and 46 in 1953. the mental hospitals, and in the mental deficiency hospitals, of each of the four metropolitan regions at the latest convenient date. Miss Hornsby-Smith The information is as follows: