§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) clinical and (b) medical oncology consultants there are per 100,000 population for each health authority in England; and if he will make a statement. [115190]
§ Yvette CooperThe latest available information is shown in the table.
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Number of hospital medical consultants in clinical oncology and medical oncology, per 100,000 population by health authority in
England at 30 September 1998
Numbers per 100,000 population Health authority Clinical oncology Medical oncology England 1.37 0.66 Avon 0.90 0.10 Barking and Havering 1.04 0.00 Bedfordshire 0.18 0.00 Berkshire 0.37 0.00 Bexley and Greenwich 0.00 0.23 Birmingham 0.89 0.69 Bradford 0.00 0.41 Calderdale and Kirklees 0.17 0.00 Cambridge and Huntingdon 1.92 0.85 Camden and Islington 1.63 2.45 Coventry 1.97 0.00 Dorset 0.72 0.43 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 1.94 0.60 East Kent 0.00 0.67 East London and The City 0.82 0.16 East Norfolk 0.32 0.32 East Riding 0.52 0.00 East Sussex 0.67 0.00 Enfield and Haringey 0.82 0.00 Gateshead and South Tyneside 0.00 0.85 Gloucester 0.90 0.18 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 3.33 1.54 Kingston and Richmond 0.30 0.00 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 1.21 0.94 Leeds 2.34 0.82 Leicestershire 0.65 0.00 Lincolnshire 0.96 0.00 Liverpool 0.00 0.22 Manchester 4.19 0.93 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 0.00 0.48 Morecambe Bay 0.00 0.32 Newcastle and North Tyneside 2.55 0.00 North Cumbria 0.63 0.00 North Essex 0.56 0.00 North Staffordshire 0.64 0.00 North West Anglia 0.24 0.24 North West Lancashire 1.07 0.21 Northamptonshire 0.81 0.00 Northumberland 0.00 0.32 Nottingham 0.78 0.31 Oxfordshire 1.46 0.65 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 0.92 0.00 Salford and Trafford 0.00 0.45 Sheffield 1.88 0.56 Shropshire 0.46 0.00 South and West Devon 0.85 0.00 South Essex 0.56 0.00 Southampton and South West Hamptonshire 1.29 0.92 Suffolk 0.60 0.00 Tees 1.08 0.00 West Hertfordshire 3.18 0.00
Number of hospital medical consultants in clinical oncology and medical oncology, per 100,000 population by health authority in
England at 30 September 1998
Numbers per 100,000 population Health authority Clinical oncology Medical oncology West Kent 0.51 0.10 West Surrey 0.94 0.00 West Sussex 0.00 0.13 Wiltshire 0.17 0.50 Wirral 3.67 1.53 Wolverhampton 1.66 0.41 Worcester 0.00 0.19 Note:
Figures per 100,000 population are based on 1998 mid year population estimates
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census