A survey of intravenous drug administration by preregistration house officers.

people from ethnic minorities comprise some 6X2% of the population of England.Both the 1989 and 1992 surveys show an ethnic minority presence on health authorities considerably below this level.They also indicate a decline over the period in ethnic minority membership of regional health authorities and in Afro- Caribbean membership of district health authorities.This may, in part, reflect the enhanced role of execu- tive positions and the disappearance of local authority and generalist members.Indeed, reorganisation was intended to make health authorities more managerial with less emphasis on representation.Nevertheless, Department of Health guidance specifically enjoins authorities to seek "a greater proportion of women and candidates from ethnic minority groups..."3 and suggests that district authorities should play important local advocate functions in making the National Health