§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report the numbers of consultants and specialists in each of the regions together with the number who hold merit awards.
§ Dr. OwenFollowing is the information as at 31st December 1974:
Region Number of Consultants and Community physicians Number of Award holders Northern 812 244 Yorkshire 802 244 Trent 844 267 East Anglia 416 140 North-West Thames 1.238 491 North-East Thames 1,247 492 South-East Thames 1,083 401 South-West Thames. 835 306 Wessex 602 185 Oxford 531 189 South-Western 673 210 West Midlands 1,143 349 North-Western 968 303 Mersey 620 194
§ Mr. Pavittasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will publish in the Official Report a table showing the number of consultants and specialists within each speciality holding merit awards according to the category of such awards.
§ Dr. OwenFollowing is the information as at 31st December 1974: 433W
Consultants with and without Awards analysed by specialty Total All Awards A Plus£7,947 A£6,030 B£3,540 C£.1,506 Number of Consultants with Awards expressed as a percentage of Award Holders in all Specialty Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. Number Per cent. specialties All Specialties—Total 12,410 100.0 4,248 34.2 112 0.9 410 3.3 1,162 9.4 2,564 20.7 100.0 Anaesthetics 1,442 11.6 341 23.6 8 0.6 19 1.3 80 5.5 234 16.2 8.0 Cardiology 95 0.8 67 70.5 4 4.2 12 12.6 20 21. 1 31 32.6 1.6 Community Medicine 553 4.5 16 2.9 1 0.2 2 0.4 4 0.7 9 1.6 0.4 Dentistry 433 3.5 140 32.3 1 0.2 15 3.5 39 9.0 85 19.6 3.3 Dermatology 181 1.5 77 42.5 2 1.1 11 6.1 23 12.7 41 22.7 1.8 Diseases of Chest 326 2.6 103 31–6 2 0.6 8 2.5 19 5.8 74 22.7 2.4 General Medicine 1,195 9.6 588 49.2 27 2.3 64 5.4 166 13–9 331 27.7 13.8 General Surgery 1,083 8.7 540 49.9 16 1.5 62 5.7 159 14.7 303 28.0 12.7 Geriatrics 305 2.5 70 23.0 — — 4 1.3 17 5.6 49 161 1.6 Infectious Diseases 36 0.3 18 50.0 — — 2 5.6 5 13.9 11 30.6 0.4 Mental Health 1,358 12.4 344 25.3 10 0.7 24 1.8 78 5.7 232 17.1 8.1 Nuclear Medicine 15 0.1 5 33.3 — — — — 1 6.7 4 26.7 01 Neurological Physiology 34 0.3 12 35.3 — — — — 7 20.6 5 14.7 0.3 Neurology 134 1.1 72 53.7 1 0.7 14 10.4 25 18.7 32 23.9 1.7 Neurosurgery 82 0.7 52 63.4 2 2.4 9 110 24 29.3 17 20.7 1.2 Obstetrics and Gynaecology 663 5.3 233 35 1 6 0.9 23 3.5 67 101 137 20.7 5.5 Ophthalmology 370 3 0 101 27.3 1 0.3 8 2.2 28 7.6 64 17.3 2.4 Orthopaedic Surgery 658 5.3 196 29.8 4 0.6 14 21 55 84 123 18.7 4.6 Otorhinolaryngology 351 2.8 119 33.9 — — 5 1.4 32 91 82 23.4 2.8 Paediatrics 404 3.3 160 39.6 5 1.2 15 3.7 43 10.6 97 240 3.8 Pathology 1,353 10.9 501 37.0 13 1.0 39 2.9 134 9.9 315 23.3 11.8 Plastic Surgery 77 0.6 40 52.0 — — 4 5.2 17 22.1 19 24.7 0.9 Radiology 725 5.8 220 30.3 3 0.4 23 3.2 47 6.5 147 20.3 5.2 Radiotherapy 180 1.5 81 45.0 1 0.6 9 50 28 15.6 43 23.9 1.9 Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 148 1.2 38 25.7 — — 3 2.0 11 7.4 24 16.2 0.9 Thoracic Surgery 111 0.9 81 730 5 4.5 19 17.1 25 22.5 32 28.8 1.9 Venereology 98 0.8 33 33.7 — — 2 20 8 8.2 23 23.5 0.8 General Notes
Due to rounding, totals may not agree precisely with the sum of the parts
Honorary consultants are included.
Some consultants practise in more than one specialty and are included in each. There are 182 such consultants of which 97 hold awards. (5A Plus, 18A, 29B and 45C.)
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