Anaesthetic staffing in England and Wales
The numbers of anaesthetists and of surgeons in the English Health Regions and in Wales as at September 1978, are given in whole‐time equivalents per 100,000 of population. All Regional figures are presented as percentages of the national average so that comparisons between Regions can be made. Marked inter‐Regional differences are shown, both in the nunbers of anaesthetists per unit of population and in the ratios of surgeons to anaesthetists. The pattern argues for a modification in central policy and for a greater involvement of anaesthetists in future manpower planning than appears to have been the case in the past. Copyright © 1980, Wiley Blackwell. All rights reserved