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Mr. Hayhoe
The numbers of senior registrars in post in each specialty are set out in table 1:
Table 1 |
Hospital medical and dental senior registrars at 30 September 1985 England and Wales |
NHS permanent paid and honorary |
Specialty |
Total |
NHS paid* |
Honorary† |
All medical specialties |
3,287 |
2,624 |
663 |
General medicine group |
826 |
585 |
241 |
General medicine |
200 |
122 |
78 |
Thoracic medicine |
35 |
27 |
8 |
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics |
16 |
4 |
12 |
Nephrology |
11 |
9 |
2 |
Endocrinology |
7 |
3 |
4 |
Gastroenterology |
8 |
2 |
6 |
Infectious diseases |
5 |
4 |
1 |
Dermatology |
53 |
49 |
4 |
Neurology |
41 |
31 |
10 |
Cardiology |
40 |
25 |
15 |
Rheumatology |
62 |
55 |
7 |
Genito-urinary medicine |
31 |
29 |
2 |
Medical oncology |
16 |
5 |
11 |
Clinical physiology |
4 |
— |
4 |
Clinical neuro-physiology |
8 |
8 |
— |
Audiological medicine |
7 |
6 |
1 |
Clinical genetics |
8 |
5 |
3 |
Occupational health |
3 |
2 |
1 |
Geriatric medicine |
113 |
102 |
11 |
Paediatrics |
147 |
93 |
54 |
Paediatric neurology |
4 |
3 |
1 |
Other |
7 |
1 |
6 |
Surgery group |
589 |
496 |
93 |
General surgery |
182 |
129 |
53 |
Paediatric surgery |
6 |
6 |
— |
Ear, nose, throat |
59 |
55 |
4 |
T/O surgery |
127 |
112 |
15 |
Urology |
35 |
29 |
6 |
Plastic surgery |
22 |
22 |
— |
Cardio thoracic surgery |
41 |
37 |
4 |
Neurosurgery |
22 |
20 |
2 |
Ophthalmology |
95 |
86 |
9 |
Accident and emergency |
47 |
47 |
— |
Obstetrics and gynaecology |
138 |
88 |
50 |
Anaesthetics |
386 |
355 |
31 |
Radiology group |
310 |
293 |
17 |
Radiology |
245 |
238 |
7 |
Radiotherapy |
61 |
51 |
10 |
Nuclear therapy |
4 |
4 |
— |
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Specialty |
Total |
NHS paid* |
Honorary† |
Pathology group |
486 |
351 |
135 |
Chemical |
68 |
55 |
13 |
Haematology |
120 |
85 |
35 |
Histopathology |
176 |
113 |
63 |
Medical microbiology |
98 |
74 |
24 |
Neuropathology |
13 |
13 |
— |
Immuno-pathology |
6 |
6 |
— |
Blood transfusion |
5 |
5 |
— |
Psychiatry group |
505 |
409 |
96 |
Mental handicap |
43 |
39 |
4 |
Mental illness |
326 |
243 |
83 |
C/A psychiatry |
93 |
88 |
5 |
Forensic psychiatry |
16 |
13 |
3 |
Psychotherapy |
27 |
26 |
|
Dental specialties |
104 |
58 |
46 |
Oral surgery |
49 |
23 |
26 |
Orthadontics |
33 |
29 |
4 |
Restorative dentistry |
20 |
6 |
14 |
Paediatric dentistry |
2 |
— |
2 |
*Includes full-time and part-time senior registrars. |
† Honorary staff are those employed by universities in research and elsewhere whose work requires access to NHS patients. |
The latest available information on the numbers of doctors leaving senior registrar appointments in England and Wales on appointment as consultants in England and Wales is given in tables 2 and 3. Neither table includes data on transfers to and from such appointments in the armed forces, Scotland, Northern Ireland or elsewhere.
Table 2 |
NHS paid senior registrars who became consultants on next appointment, 1 October to 30 September the following year: England and Wales |
|
Doctors |
Dentists |
1979–80 |
464 |
12 |
1980–81 |
472 |
12 |
1981–82 |
489 |
l0 |
1982–83 |
483 |
9 |
1983–84 |
524 |
7 |
1984–85 |
n.a. |
n.a. |
Table 3 |
Total senior registrars (both NHS paid and honorary) who became consultants on next appointment, 1 October to 30 September the following year: England and Wales |
|
Doctors |
Dentists |
1979–80 |
513 |
13 |
1980–81 |
512 |
15 |
1981–82 |
537 |
13 |
1982–83 |
520 |
12 |
1983–84 |
567 |
17 |
1984–85 |
n.a. |
n.a. |