§ Mr KeetchTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence how many medical specialists, and in which specialisations, the Department requires in order to meet operational requirements. [78318]
§ Dr. MoonieThe Operational and Retained Task requirement for medical specialists and the number of consultants we have in those categories, and in which specialisations, as at 1 July 2002, are set as follows:
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Operational and retained task requirement Current manning (including command and staff appointments) Deficit Vocational trained general practitioners 416 195 221
Operational and retained task requirement Current manning (including command and staff appointments) Deficit General surgery 43 18 25 Orthopaedic surgery 28 11 17 General medicine 51 20 31 Anaesthetics 120 23 97 Accident and emergency 23 3 20 Dermatology 0 3 — Paediatrics 5 2 3 Genito-urinary medicine 0 1 — Neurology 1 0 1 Obstetrics and gynaecology 3 0 3 Urology 0 3 — Burns and plastic surgery 10 3 7 Psychiatry 35 10 25 Ophthalmology 10 3 7 Oral and maxioolofacial surgery 10 7 3 Ear, nose and throat 10 3 7 Rheumatology and rehabilitation 7 6 1 Radiology 11 10 1 Pathology 6 5 1 Chemical pathology 4 0 4 Haematology 4 1 3 Histopathology 0 2 — Microbiology 6 2 4 Aviation medicine 6 1 5 Occupational medicine 61 43 18 Public health medicine 2 8 —