HC Deb 29 January 1951 vol 483 cc84-6W
Mr. P. Smithers

asked the Minister of Health the number of consultants now in permanent contact with each regional hospital board, showing the speciality in which they are employed.

Mr. Marquand

Following are the numbers of whole-time consultants at 31st December, 1949, which is the latest information available:

Newcastle Leeds Sheffield East Anglia North-West Metropolitan North-East Metropolitan South-East Metropolitan South-West Metropolitan Oxford South Western Wales Birmingham Manchester Liverpool Total Boards of Governors of Teaching Hospitals Grand Total
General medicine 4 3 3 1 25 19 16 16 3 5 13 1 2 111 13 124
General surgery 6 4 6 5 19 19 17 19 5 8 20 4 1 133 9 142
Gynaecology and obstetrics 1 1 16 8 10 10 1 2 4 3 1 57 2 59
Paediatrics 1 7 1 3 3 2 1 1 19 5 24
Psychiatry 6 9 14 8 24 14 20 24 4 10 16 22 6 9 186 14 200
Cardiology
Dentistry 1 2 3 1 2 1 10 4 14
Dermatology 1 1 1 3 3
Diseases of the chest 9 6 15 7 19 13 14 10 3 5 11 6 8 4 130 2 132
Ear, nose and throat 1 1 3 1 3 3 12 12
Infectious diseases 2 1 2 2 4 3 3 1 1 3 1 2 25 2 27
Neurology and neurosurgery 1 3 2 1 1 1 9 4 13
Ophthalmology 1 1 1
Plastic surgery 3 1 1 2 1 8 8
Radiotherapy 1 6 1 1 3 6 3 5 2 3 8 1 40 14 54
Thoracic surgery 3 3 1 1 8 8
Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery 2 2 1 4 5 2 4 5 2 27 2 29
V.D. 1 4 1 1 1 1 1 2 3 15 1 16
Geriatrics 1 1 1 1 4 4
Pathology 8 8 14 6 28 18 16 29 7 12 12 11 13 10 192 48 240
Anaesthetics 2 1 3 13 7 6 19 2 4 3 7 2 1 70 10 80
Physical medicine 3 2 3 8 4 12
Radiology 2 4 4 4 11 3 6 7 2 3 5 6 1 58 18 76
Others 3 3 4 1 1 10 4 26 5 31
Totals 43 40 70 42 185 116 132 161 21 62 74 115 52 39 1,152 157 1,309

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