§ Mr. Foulkesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table for the latest available year showing for each medical specialty the number of consultants employed, the number employed full-time and the number employed for each gradation of part-time service allowed by the contracts of employment.
§ Dr. Vaughan[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1980, c. 494] circulated the following table: 59W
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HOSPITAL MEDICAL CONSULTANTS IN POST AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 Analysis by specialty* and type of contract held ENGLAND AND WALES Total Whole-time Maximum part-time Part-time (Number of Sessions) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Honorary All medical specialties 12,522 5,297 3,380 1,809 57 136 130 238 36 21 17 9 1,392 General medicine 1,011 315 310 165 6 7 10 19 2 1 1 1 174 Clinical physiology 29 14 — 2 — — — — — 2 1 — 10 Nuclear medicine 21 14 — 3 — — — 1 — — — — 3 Rheumatology and rehabilitation 208 84 65 30 2 4 5 7 1 — — — 10 Infectious diseases 26 20 2 — — — 1 — — — — — 3 Diseases of the chest 242 180 23 18 — — — 3 2 — 1 — 15 Dermatology 199 58 64 38 4 8 7 6 1 1 — — 12 Cardiology 110 37 37 12 2 3 2 4 — — — — 13 Genito-urinary medicine 107 77 15 7 — 1 1 2 2 1 — — 1 Nephrology 60 26 18 6 — 1 2 4 — — — — 3 Geriatric medicine 386 352 13 6 — — 1 1 — — — — 13 Ophthalmology 396 30 162 131 12 13 17 15 2 3 1 1 9 Clinical pharmacology and therapy 36 4 1 — — — — — — 1 — — 30 Neurology 155 38 60 31 1 2 5 2 — — — — 16 Clinical neurosis physiology 43 19 3 6 1 3 3 2 — — 1 — 5 Paediatrics 494 339 36 26 — 3 3 6 — 1 — — 80 Endocrinology 20 8 1 2 1 — — 1 — — — — 7 Gastroenterology 39 14 14 — 1 — — — — — — — 10 Medical oncology 23 5 2 1 — — — 1 1 — — — 13 Audiological medicine 9 4 — — — — — 2 — — — — 3 Clinical genetics 13 2 — 1 — 1 — — 1 — — — 8 Paediatric surgery 33 19 2 6 — — — — — — — — 6 General surgery 958 117 469 251 3 7 2 8 2 1 — — 98 62W
Total Whole-time Maximum part-time Part-time (Number of Sessions) 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1 Honorary Ear, nose and throat 367 57 180 105 — 6 2 10 — — — — 7 Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 631 92 354 145 5 7 1 4 — 1 — 1 21 Accident and emergency 129 108 16 — — 1 — — — — — — 4 Urology 141 15 77 41 1 1 1 1 — — — — 4 Plastic surgery 82 8 46 17 3 3 2 — — — — — 3 Cardio-thoracic surgery 111 47 34 19 1 4 1 1 — 1 — — 3 Neurosurgery 87 40 21 17 — — — — — — — 1 8 Anaesthetics 1,595 639 534 289 12 13 15 27 7 3 3 2 51 Radiotherapy 192 104 47 18 1 1 1 5 1 — — — 14 Radiology 810 434 214 113 1 5 4 13 3 1 1 — 21 Obstetrics and gynaecology 703 110 314 170 — 10 10 14 — 1 — 1 73 General pathology 10 7 — 1 — — — — — — — — 2 Chemical pathology 117 108 4 5 — — — 2 — — — — 58 Haematology 317 211 36 12 — 1 — 2 — — — — 55 Histopathology 557 330 28 19 — 2 2 7 — — 1 — 168 Medical microbiology 291 124 9 3 — — 5 1 1 — 1 — 147 Blood transfusion 31 30 — 1 — — — — — — — — — Immuno-pathology 40 5 1 1 — — 1 — — — — — 32 Neuropathology 34 14 — 1 — — 1 — — — — — 18 Mental handicap 149 137 3 4 — — — 4 — — — — 1 Mental illness 1,055 708 136 62 — 15 7 15 1 2 4 1 104 Child and adolescent psychiatry 271 174 27 15 — 11 10 19 4 1 — 1 9 Forensic psychiatry 17 7 1 1 — — 1 6 — — — — 1 Psychotherapy 56 6 1 7 — 3 5 22 5 — 2 — 5 Other 51 6 — 1 — — 2 1 — — — — 41 *Stan practising in more than one specialty are counted tinder the specialty to which they devote the greater part of their time.