§ Mr. Wm. Rossasked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland if he will list the consultant posts vacant in each health and social services board area in Northern Ireland at 31 December 1980 and indicate those posts that have been vacant for a period of more than six months.
§ Mr. John PattenThe information is as follows: 149W
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Consultant Posts Vacant at 31 December 1980 Speciality Location Whether vacant more than 6 months Eastern Health and Social Services Board Anaesthetics 1. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes 2. Royal Maternity/Royal Victoria/Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children Yes 3. Musgrave Park Hospital Yes 4. Mater Infirmorum Hospital No Chest Medicine 5. Malone Road Chest Clinic Yes 6. Malone Road Chest Clinic/Whiteabbey Hospital No Dermatology 7. Ulster/Ards/Downe Hospitals Yes Geriatrics 8. Ulster Hospital* Yes 9. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes 10. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes Nephrology 11. Royal Victoria/Belfast City Hospital Yes Ophthalmology 12. Ards/Bangor Hospitals No Paediatrics 13. Belfast City Hospital Yes 14. Royal Maternity/Lagan Valley/Royal Belfast Hospital for Sick Children* Yes 15. Ulster Hospital Pathology Yes Pathology 16. Belfast City Hospital Yes 17. Belfast City Hospital* Yes 18. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes 19. Mater Infirmorum Hospital* Yes 20. Ulster Hospital Yes 21. Blood transfusion Service Yes Psychiatry 22. Mater Infirmorum Hospital Yes 23. Killowen/Purdysburn Hospital Yes 24. Windsor House Yes 25. Downshire Hospital Yes Radiology 26. Belfast City Hospital Yes 27. Royal Victoria Hospital* Yes 28. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes 29. Mater Infirmorum Hospital* Yes Radiotherapy 30. Belvoir Park Hospital Yes 31. Belvoir Park Hospital Yes Rheumatology and Rehabilitation 32. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes Special Care 33. Muckamore Abbey Yes 34. Muckamore Abbey Yes Thoracic and Cardiac Surgery 35. Royal Victoria/Forster Green Hospitals Yes 36. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes Venereology 37. Royal Victoria Hospital Yes Northern Health and Social Services Board Anaesthetics 1. Waveney Hospital Yes 2. Route Hospital No Dermatology 3. Massereene Hospital et al Yes 4. Massereene Hospital et al Yes ENT Surgery 5. Waveney/Mid-Ulster Hospital Yes General Medicine 6. Massereene/Moyle Hospitals Yes Geriatrics 7. Moyle Hospital Yes 8. Coleraine/Route Hospitals Yes Obstetrics and Gynaecology 9. Coleraine/Route Hospitals Yes Paediatrics 10. Waveney Hospital et al Yes Pathology 11. Waveney Hospital Yes 12. Waveney Hospital Yes 13. Whiteabbey Hospital* Yes Radiology 14. Whiteabbey Hospital Yes 15. Waveney/Massereene/Mid-Ulster Hospitals Yes 16. Coleraine/Route Hospitals Yes 17. Coleraine/Route Hospitals Yes Southern Health and Social Services Board Accident and Emergency 1. Craigavon Area Hospital* Yes Geriatrics 2. South Tyrone Hospital Yes 3. Daisy Hill Hospital Yes Paediatrics 4. Craigavon/Daisy Hill Hospitals Yes Pathology 5. Craigavon Area Hospital Yes 6. South Tyrone Yes Radiology 7. Craigavon Area Hospital Yes 8. Craigavon Area/Daisy Hill Hospitals* Yes Western Health and Social Services Board Chest Medicine 1. Erne Hospital Yes General Medicine 2. Tyrone County Hospital Yes Ophthalmology 3. Altnagelvin Hospital* Yes Pathology 4. Altnagelvin Hospital Yes Psychiatry 5. Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital Yes 6. Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital Yes 7. Tyrone and Fermanagh Hospital Yes 8. Gransha Hospitals Yes Radiology 9. Tyrone County/Erne Hospitals Yes
Speciality Location Whether vacant more than 6 months 10. Altnagelvin Hospital Yes 11. Altnagelvin Hospital* Yes Special Care 12. Stradreagh Hospital Yes *indicates Locum in post.