§ Dr. Kim HowellsTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list the number of paediatricians engaged permanently by the area health authorities in Wales, who have undertaken specific and specialised training in the detection and treatment of respiratory diseases in young children.
§ Mr. GristAt 30 September 1988 there were 39 consultants and 101 junior hospital doctors1, excluding locums, employed by health authorities in Wales in paediatric specialties2. Respiratory disease in young children form a very substantial part of the illness treated by paediatricians, all of whom undertake specific training in the detection and treatment of these diseases.
1 Includes house officers, senior house officers, registrars, senior registrars, associate specialists and senior hospital medical officers.2 The specialties of paediatrics, paediatric neurology and paediatric surgery.