§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales what is the ratio of junior hospital staff, up to and including senior registrars to consultant staff, excluding associate specialists or sub-consultants, in each of the recognised specialties in each of the Welsh regions for which those figures are available.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe whole-time equivalents of and consultant hospital staff are:
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Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan Pembrokeshire Wales 2J.S. 3C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. J.S. C.S. Clinical physiology — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 2 — — — — 0 2 Dermatology 1 0.8 0 0.9 1 2 0 1.2 1 1.3 0 0.1 6.2 2.4 1 1.8 0 0.2 10.2 10.7 Ear, Nose and Throat 5 3.8 5 2.1 6 3 2 2.1 7 3 0 0.2 9 3.5 7 3.6 0 0.3 41 21.6 Endocrinology — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 0 0 1 — — 1 1 Forensic psychiatry — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 — — — — 0 1 Gastroenterology — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 1 1 — — 2 2 General medicine 23 8.8 17 5.9 30 9.9 15 5.3 35 12 1 0.6 32.2 10.7 20 5.5 1 1.9 174.2 60.6 General pathology — — — — 4 0 — — — — — — 1 0 — — — — 5 0 General surgery 19 6.9 15 6.3 22 8.8 15 6.1 22 9.1 0 0.5 38.3 9.2 21 7.3 8 4 160.3 58.2 Genito-urinary medicine 0 0.3 0 0.1 0 0.7 0 0.7 — — — — 1 0.3 0 1.8 0 0.1 1 4 Geriatrics 14.5 4.9 10 2.9 10 5 2.8 8 4.1 22 7.4 0 0.3 28.6 5.9 10.2 3.9 3 1 106.8 33.2 Gynaecology and Obstetrics 13 5.9 7 3.3 18 7 6 3.2 24.6 7.8 0 0.5 22.8 6.6 21 5.5 4 2 116.4 41.8 Haematology 0 2 0 2 0 3 0 2 0 3 — — 8.9 4.3 1 2 0 1 9.9 19.3 Histopathology 0 5 0 3 1 4 0 2 1 4.2 — — — — 0 4 0 1 10.5 29.4 Medical microbiology 0 0.5 — — 0 1 0 1 0 1.1 — — — — 0 1 0 1 6.2 10.2 Mental handicap 0 0.3 1 0.6 3 1.9 0 0.6 0 1.9 0 0.2 1.6 2.5 0 0.3 0 0.2 5.6 8.5 Mental illness 14 7.1 8 6.4 11 10 4 1.6 23 8.7 4 3 25.5 11 11 8.5 0 0.7 100.5 57 Nephrology — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 — — 0 1 Neurology 0 0.9 0 0.1 — — 0 0.3 0 0.5 — — 8.4 2.4 3 1.9 — — 11.4 6.1 Neuropathology — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 0.5 — — — — 1 0.5 Neurosurgery 0 0.4 — — 0 0.1 — — — — — — 4.4 1.9 6 1.9 — — 10.4 4.3 Occupational health 1 1 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 1 1 Ophthalmology 4 3 4 3.4 5 4 2 1.9 6 4 0 1.3 8 4 6 3 0 0.4 35 25 Oral surgery 3 1.5 0 0.3 3 2 1 0.5 4 2 — — 16.4 4.3 3.2 1.6 0 0.1 30.6 12.3 Orthodontics 1 1.4 0 0.8 0 I 0 1.5 0 1 0 0.2 6.5 2.3 0 1.2 0 1 7.5 10.4 Paediatrics 7 4 3 2.3 9 4 5 2 20 5.9 0 1.2 24.3 7.8 12 3.7 3 0.9 83.3 31.8 Paediatric dentistry — — — — — — — — — — — — 3.8 1 — — — — 3.8 1 Paediatric neurology — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 1 — — — — 0 1 Paediatric surgery — — — — — — — — — — — — 2 2 — — — — 2 2 Plastic surgery 0 0.1 0 0.2 7 3.4 — — 0 0.1 — — — — 0 0.1 — — 7 3.9 Psychotherapy 0 0.6 — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — — 0 0.6 Radiology 0.6 7.7 0 5.5 1 7.6 0 5.1 0 11.3 0 0.7 17.3 12.6 1 7 0 2 19.9 59.5 Radiotherapy 0 1 0 0.2 0 0.1 0 0.5 0 0.2 0 0.1 12 6.5 2 2.7 — — 14 11.3 Rheumatology 0 1 0 0.2 0 1 — — 2 3 — — 6.1 3.5 2 2.8 — — 10.1 11.5 Restorative dentistry — — — — — — — — — — — — 13.6 3.6 — — — — 13.6 3.6 Thoracic medicine 4 0 0 0.1 — — 0 1.1 0 0.4 0 1.8 17.3 3.2 2 0 — — 23.3 6.6 Traumatic and Orthopaedic surgery 10 4 6 3.8 11 4.7 3 2.5 23 6.8 0 0.3 17 4.5 11 6 2 2 83 34.6 Urology — — — — 4 1 — — 1 1 — — 8.2 2 0 2 7 0 20.2 6 All specialities 148.1 93.8 90 64.9 — — 74 55.4 208.6 114.3 5 11.5 448.8 170.6 176.4 101.8 35 26.1 1,360.4 742.3 1Includes House Officers, Senior House Officers, Registrars and Senior Registrars. 2Junior staff. 3Consultant staff.