§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will provide figures as to the change which has taken place over the past two years in the number of filled consultant posts relative to the numbers of qualified junior doctors seeking vacancies for consultant posts, area by area, within the Principality.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThere were 614, 614 and 622 consultants—whole-time equivalents—in post in Wales on 30 September 1978, 1979 and 1980 respectively. Figures concerning advertisements and applications for consultant posts in Wales are not held centrally in the Department.
§ Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many consultant posts for each specialty remain vacant in Wales at the present time; and how many posts have been vacant for three months, six months and one year.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe information is as follows:
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Posts Vacant Specialty 3 months 6 months 1 year Total Rediology 1 2 — 3 Child psychiatry 1 3 1 5 Ear, nose and throat — — 3 3
Posts Vacant Specialty 3 months 6 months 1 year Total Accident and emergency — — 2 2 Mental illness (adult) 2 1 2 5 Paediatrics — 2 1 3 Ophthalmology — — 2 2 Haematology — 1 2 3 Mental handicap 1 1 — 2 Anaesthetics 2 1 — 3 General medicine — — 2 2 Rheumatology 1 — 1 2 Geriatrics — 2 — 2 Radiotherapy — — 1 1 Urology — — 1 1 Chemical pathology — — 1 1 Traumatic and orthopaedic — — 1 1 Diseases of the chest 1 — 1 2 Histopathology — — 1 1 — — — — 9 13 22 44