Medical Specialists (Hansard, 25 February 1980)

§ Sir George Young

This information is not available centrally for Greater Manchester. Information for the North-Western regional health authority (which includes greater Manchester) is shown in the following table together with the other regional health authorities in England and Wales. The Department does not collect this information for Scotland.

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CONSULTANTS AND SENIOR HOSPITAL MEDICAL OFFICERS WITH ALLOWANCES
Analysis by Region^* and spccialty† grouping showing whole-time equivalent per 100,000 population 30 September
		Surgeons‡	Other medical specialistsş	Total
	…	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1975	1976	1977	1978	1979	1975	1976	1977	7978	1979
England and Wales║	…	4.3	4.4	4.5	4.6	4.6	15.8	16.5	16.7	17.2	17.6	20.1	20.9	21.2	21.8	22.2
Northern	…	5.0	5.1	5.3	5.2	5.4	16.8	17.4	17.3	18.0	18.1	21.8	22.6	22.6	22.2	23.5
Yorkshire	…	4.5	4.7	4.6	4.7	4.7	14.9	15.6	15.6	15.9	16.2	19.4	20.2	20.2	20.5	21.0
Trent	…	3.0	3.2	3.5	3.6	3.8	11.6	12.8	13.0	13.7	14.3	14.6	16.0	16.5	17.3	18.1
East Anglia	…	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.7	4.8	16.1	17.1	17.3	18.1	18.5	20.8	21.9	22.0	22.8	23.3
North-West Thames	…	4.6	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.8	20.0	20.8	21.0	21.3	21.7	24.7	25.3	25.7	26.1	26.5
North-East Thames	…	4.8	4.8	4.9	5.0	4.9	19.6	20.1	20.4	20.6	21.1	24.4	25.0	25.3	25.6	26.0
South-East Thames	…	4.7	4.8	4.8	5.0	5.0	18.0	18.9	19.0	19.7	20.2	22.7	23.7	23.8	24.7	25.1
South-West Thames	…	4.2	4.4	4.5	4.7	4.7	16.0	16.7	17.1	17.9	18.1	20.2	21.1	21.6	22.5	22.8
Wessex	…	4.1	4.1	4.4	4.4	4.4	16.0	16.6	17.0	17.5	17.7	20.1	20.7	21.4	21.9	22.1
Oxford	…	4.1	4.2	4.2	4.2	4.2	16.1	16.4	16.8	16.6	16.8	20.2	20.6	21.0	20.8	21.0
South-Western	…	3.8	4.0	3.9	4.1	4.2	13.6	14.2	14.5	14.7	15.0	17.4	18.2	18.5	18.8	19.3
West Midlands	…	4.2	4.3	4.3	4.4	4.5	14.5	14.8	14.8	15.4	16.0	18.7	19.1	19.2	19.7	20.5
Mersey	…	4.3	4.4	4.4	4.4	4.7	15.1	15.7	15.5	15.9	16.6	19.4	20.0	19.9	20.3	21.3
North-Western	…	4.3	4.5	4.7	4.8	5.0	15.2	16.0	16.6	17.1	17.7	19.5	20.5	21.3	22.0	22.7
Wales	…	4.2	4.5	4.7	4.8	4.8	15.7	16.7	17.0	17.4	17.4	19.9	21.1	21.7	22.2	22.2
^* The whole-time equivalent of staff holding appointments in more than one region is included separately in each region.
† Staff practising in more than one specialty are counted under the specialty to which they devote the greater part of their time.
‡ Surgeons are defined as consultants and SHMOs with allowance who specialise in: paediatric surgery, general surgery, ear, nose and throat, traumatic and orthopaedic surgery, accident and emergency, chrology, plastic surgery, cardio-thoracic surgery, neuro-surgery.
ş Defined as consultants and SHMOs with allowance in all other non-surgical hospital specialties.
║ Excluding London postgraduate teaching hospitals.

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