HC Deb 22 January 2004 vol 416 cc1432-3W
Mr. Laurence Robertson

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many stroke consultants are employed in the NHS in Gloucestershire; what plans there are to increase this number; and if he will make a statement. [149467]

Ms Rosie Winterton

Information for consultants in the specialties cardiology, clinical pharmacology and therapeutics, geriatric medicine, neurology, and rehabilitation medicine within Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire Strategic Health Authority (SHA) is shown in the table.

In line with our policy of shifting the balance of power it is now for primary care trusts, in partnership with SHAs and other local stakeholders, to determine how best to use their funds to meet national and local priorities for improving health, tackling health inequalities and modernising services, based on the specialised knowledge they have of the local

Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): Consultants within Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire

SHA by organisation and specified specialties
Number (headcount)
Cardiology Clinical pharmacology and

therapeutics

 Geriatric medicine
2001 2002 June 2003 2001 2002 June 2003 2001 2002 June 2003
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 15 22 24 1 2 2 24 36 42
SHA

Of which:
5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
RA3 Weston Area NHS Trust 0 1 1 0 0 0 1 1 1
RA5 East Gloucestershire NHS

Trust

 2 0 0 0 0 0 4 0 0
RA7 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 4 6 6 0 1 0 4 5 5
RDI Royal United Hospitals

Bath NHS Trust,

 2 3 3 1 1 1 1 5 7
RH6 Gloucestershire Royal

NHS Trust

 2 0 0 0 0 0 3 0 0
RN3 Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust 2 4 3 0 0 1 6 4 5
RNZ Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust 1 2 2 0 0 0 2 2 3
RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 4 4 0 0 0 0 7 9
RVJ North Bristol NHS Trust 2 2 5 0 0 0 3 11 11

Number (headcount)
Neurology align="center">Rehabilitation medicine
2001 2002 June 2003 2001 2002 June 2003
Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 11 14 13 0 3 0
Of which:
5FL Bath and North East Somerset PCT 0 0 0 0 0 0
RA3 Weston Area NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
RA5 East Gloucestershire NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 0 0
RA7 United Bristol Healthcare NHS Trust 1 1 1 0 0 0
RDI Royal United Hospitals, Bath NHS Trust 3 3 2 0 0 0
RH6 Gloucestershire Royal NHS Trust 2 0 0 0 0 0
RN3 Swindon and Marlborough NHS Trust 1 1 1 0 0 0
RNZ Salisbury Health Care NHS Trust 0 0 0 0 3 0
RTE Gloucestershire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 3 3 0 0 0
RVJ North Bristol NHS Trust 4 6 6 0 0 0

Note:

Data for 2001 and 2002 as at 30 September, data for 2003 as at 30 June

Source:

Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.