HC Deb 07 March 1985 vol 74 cc604-10W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for 30 September 1984 and for each region and each special health authority and board of governors the total number of consultants holding (a) full-time, (b) maximum part-time, (c) other part-time and (d) honorary contracts.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 21 January 1985, c. 334]: An updated version of the table that I sent to the hon. Member last July follows. From 1984 Queen Charlotte's BG has merged with Hammersmith BG to form Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's special health authority.

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Yorkshire
Total 646 657 688 698 756 779 812 814 825 846 852 898 909 925 911
Total paid 585 611 640 650 712 729 754 752 764 780 786 822 834 848 851
Whole-time 222 243 269 289 337 366 379 376 385 389 414 441 470 492 494
Maximum Part-time 368 349 358 340 331 323
Part-time 363 368 371 361 375 363 375 376 379 23 23 23 24 25 34
Honorary 61 46 48 48 44 50 58 62 61 66 66 76 75 77 60
Trent
Total 741 755 791 838 791 809 874 906 937 981 1,017 1,047 1,078 1,096 1,128
Total paid 683 698 725 761 722 731 779 806 838 872 904 927 956 975 997
Whole-time 306 323 341 379 371 381 431 452 470 490 537 568 594 609 618
Maximum Part-time 186 266 283 310 315 329
Part-time 377 375 384 382 351 350 348 354 368 196 101 76 52 51 50
Honorary 58 57 66 77 69 78 95 100 99 109 113 120 122 121 131
East Anglia
Total 376 393 403 440 388 407 435 435 454 469 484 498 508 515 538
Total paid 343 360 373 412 369 384 402 401 419 430 440 453 463 471 492
Whole-time 144 158 166 204 190 206 224 221 233 232 247 257 268 275 285
Maximum Part-time 184 169 169 169 167 176
Part-time 199 202 207 208 179 178 178 180 186 14 24 27 26 29 31
Honorary 33 33 30 28 19 23 33 34 35 39 44 45 45 44 46
North West Thames
Total 1,411 1,474 1,516 1,541 1,223 1,247 1,266 1,267 1,275 1,288 1,284 1,287 1,119 1,154 1,159
Total paid 1,203 1,218 1,233 1,248 960 971 984 984 980 975 984 987 929 953 957
Whole-time 252 259 283 309 282 294 315 302 285 289 307 315 322 361 376
Maximum Part-time 293 372 385 386 375 362
Part-time 951 959 950 939 678 677 669 682 695 393 305 287 221 217 219
Honorary 208 256 283 293 263 276 282 283 295 313 300 300 190 201 202
North East Thames
Total 877 891 903 938 1,239 1,246 1,270 1,278 1,289 1,293 1,305 1,320 1,511 1,546 1,535
Total paid 799 811 820 854 1,086 1,092 1,093 1,079 1,074 1,072 1,076 1,093 1,222 1,232 1,228
Whole-time 234 246 261 278 319 329 335 341 333 334 358 380 422 444 447
Maximum Part-time 402 456 450 479 464 456
Part-time 565 565 559 576 767 763 758 738 741 336 262 263 321 324 325
Honorary 78 80 83 84 153 154 177 199 215 221 229 227 289 314 307
South East Thames
Total 1,032 1,037 1,045 1,099 1,082 1,106 1,131 1,121 1,147 1,145 1,147 1,154 1,170 1,193 1,242
Total paid 908 917 926 951 951 971 993 982 995 994 998 1,010 1,015 1,030 1,049
Whole-time 226 240 261 281 290 318 346 345 356 363 394 408 430 467 454
Maximum Part-time 234 398 403 391 381 420
Part-time 682 677 665 670 661 653 647 637 639 397 206 199 194 182 175
Honorary 124 120 119 148 131 135 138 139 152 151 149 144 155 163 193
South West Thames
Total 778 764 769 769 794 815 842 859 880 881 898 930 897 904 920
Total paid 707 695 690 691 734 757 773 780 790 787 797 815 788 803 812
Whole-time 199 204 206 221 258 272 283 290 290 286 300 319 313 326 332
Maximum Part-time 208 348 357 344 348 353
Part-time 508 491 484 470 476 485 490 490 500 293 149 139 131 129 127
Honorary 71 69 79 78 60 58 69 79 90 94 101 115 109 101 108
Wessex
Total 373 390 410 433 596 620 638 656 667 685 701 689 699 728 741
Total paid 362 371 384 402 555 574 592 610 616 625 627 611 620 643 680
Whole-time 146 148 155 164 236 267 286 299 301 304 321 317 331 344 377
Maximum Part-time 264 258 248 250 259 264
Part-time 216 223 229 238 319 307 306 311 315 57 48 46 39 40 39
Honorary 11 19 26 31 41 46 46 46 51 60 74 78 79 85 61
Oxford
Total 452 471 484 536 513 523 538 538 533 545 568 585 610 620 653
Total paid 412 427 433 460 459 469 483 488 485 492 505 517 535 542 572
Whole-time 147 156 182 212 190 203 207 211 203 206 228 243 252 245 270
Maximum Part-time 230 234 233 239 254 258
Part-time 265 271 251 248 269 266 276 277 282 56 43 41 44 43 44
Honorary 40 44 51 76 54 54 55 50 48 53 63 68 75 78 81
South Western
Total 666 691 712 753 662 663 685 688 703 745 769 781 802 808 826
Total paid 617 638 656 692 616 616 638 644 654 695 718 724 737 742 760
Whole-time 219 237 260 287 277 288 322 329 341 349 374 392 401 403 418

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Maximum Part-time 148 309 296 303 308 308
Part-time 398 401 396 405 339 328 316 315 313 198 35 36 33 31 34
Honorary 49 53 56 61 36 47 47 44 49 50 51 57 65 66 66
West Midlands
Total 997 1,036 1,052 1,104 1,094 1,107 1,121 1,118 1,142 1,184 1,201 1,226 1,250 1,276 1,321
Total paid 991 942 979 1,031 1,036 1,048 1,059 1,058 1,080 1,115 1,130 1,152 1,167 1,186 1,229
Whole-time 411 431 482 525 547 558 581 586 597 617 640 665 699 705 718
Maximum Part-time 283 403 404 405 422 462
Part-time 500 511 497 506 489 490 478 472 483 215 87 83 63 59 49
Honorary 86 94 73 73 58 59 62 60 62 69 71 74 83 90 92
Mersey
Total 605 620 624 628 586 606 621 622 631 644 652 649 656 666 683
Total paid 529 538 536 541 530 550 562 554 554 566 573 574 580 587 606
Whole-time 202 210 230 238 236 260 273 278 289 306 329 336 358 367 368
Maximum Part-time 85 198 193 181 181 206
Part-time 327 328 306 303 294 290 289 276 265 175 46 45 41 39 32
Honorary 76 82 88 87 56 56 59 68 77 78 79 75 76 79 77
North Western
Total 856 882 920 962 920 958 991 1,026 1,049 1,078 1,095 1,130 1,173 1,207 1,226
Total paid 786 803 833 875 850 879 903 933 949 973 993 1,021 1,060 1,093 1,111
Whole-time 263 288 325 363 365 391 425 439 454 475 504 548 597 603 634
Maximum Part-time 241 427 415 406 403 420
Part-time 523 515 508 512 485 488 478 494 495 257 62 58 57 60 57
Honorary 70 79 87 87 70 79 88 93 100 105 102 109 113 114 115
Special Health Authorities Boards of Governors
Hammersmith
Total 129 125 134 130 Incorporated into North West Thames RHA 117 133 171
Total paid 32 34 35 23 33 37 63
Whole-time 12 12 14 16 9 22 31
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 20 22 21 7 24 15 32
Honorary 97 91 99 107 84 96 108
Sick Children
Total 74 84 85 93 100 106 108 113 118 120 123 122 116 122 116
Total paid 61 66 65 56 61 63 64 68 71 70 70 69 64 66 63
Whole-time 10 12 11 11 16 16 18 20 19 20 21 23 21 23 21
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 51 54 54 45 45 47 46 48 52 50 49 46 43 43 42
Honorary 13 18 20 37 39 43 44 45 47 50 53 53 52 56 53
Nervous Diseases
Total 67 70 73 73 65 66 65 67 67 69 69 72 72 65 58
Total paid 51 53 54 53 50 50 48 49 49 50 50 47 48 46 40
Whole-time 10 10 10 10 9 11 10 11 11 10 10 9 11 12 12
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 41 43 44 43 41 39 38 38 38 40 40 38 37 34 28
Honorary 16 17 19 20 15 16 17 18 18 19 19 25 24 19 18
Royal National Ear, Nose and Throat
Total 45 44 42 43 42 41 41 39 37 42 41 37 Incorporated into North West Thames RHA
Total paid 37 37 36 37 37 36 36 35 33 34 33 32
Whole-time 2 3 4 3 3 3 4 4 4 5 6 7
Maximum part-time
Part-time 35 34 32 34 34 33 32 31 29 29 27 25
Honorary 8 7 6 6 5 5 5 4 4 8 8 5
Moorfields
Total 39 35 38 37 65 73 72 56 56 55 55 60 58 55 51
Total paid 36 32 35 33 51 56 53 39 39 39 39 43 42 40 35
Whole-time 1 2 5 4 2 3 1 2 2 4 4 5 2
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 36 32 34 31 46 52 51 36 38 37 37 39 38 35 33
Honorary 3 3 3 4 14 17 19 17 17 16 16 17 16 15 16
Beth. and Maud.
Total 60 62 62 64 62 63 65 66 74 82 78 79 77 80 79
Total paid 34 33 35 35 35 35 34 33 39 40 37 39 36 36 36
Whole-time 11 11 13 15 14 14 15 15 16 17 18 20 19 20 20
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 23 22 22 20 21 21 19 18 23 23 19 19 17 16 16

1970 1971 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Honorary 26 29 27 29 27 28 31 33 35 42 41 40 41 44 43
St. John's
Total 17 20 20 19 18 18 18 19 19 19 22 22 Incorporated into South East Thames RHA
Total paid 11 12 12 13 13 13 13 14 15 14 16 16
Whole-time 1 1 1 4 4 4
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 11 12 12 13 13 13 12 13 14 10 12 12
Honorary 6 8 8 6 5 5 5 5 4 5 6 6
Dis. of Chest
Total 51 Merged with National Heart BG
Total paid 49
Whole-time 6
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 43
Honorary 2
Royal National Orthopaedic
Total 43 43 42 40 42 44 44 48 48 49 50 54 Incorporated into North West Thames RHA
Total paid 37 35 35 33 32 35 35 35 36 39 40 45
Whole-time 1 2 3 2 2 2 3 2 2 3 4 5
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 36 33 32 31 30 33 32 33 34 36 36 40
Honorary 6 8 7 7 10 9 9 13 12 10 10 9
National Heart & Chest
Total 20 71 69 72 76 73 75 75 78 81 81 83 84 87 87
Total paid 16 65 64 66 67 65 67 68 66 70 69 71 72 75 73
Whole-time 1 12 14 15 15 12 14 14 16 17 15 18 23 28 29
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 15 53 50 51 52 53 53 54 50 53 54 53 49 47 44
Honorary 4 6 5 6 9 8 8 7 12 11 12 12 12 12 14
St. Peter's
Total 21 22 22 22 18 18 22 23 26 34 35 37 Incorporated into North West Thames RHA
Total paid 20 21 21 21 17 16 17 18 18 20 20 20
Whole-time 1 1 1 1 1 1 2 1 2 2 2
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 19 20 20 20 17 15 16 16 17 18 18 18
Honorary 1 1 1 1 1 2 5 5 8 14 15 17
Royal Marsden
Total 46 49 53 48 51 56 56 55 60 60 56 56 53 52 61
Total paid 39 38 37 38 42 46 46 45 47 47 45 44 41 41 49
Whole-time 7 7 8 9 11 13 14 14 14 13 12 11 9 9 15
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 32 31 29 29 31 33 32 31 33 34 33 33 32 32 34
Honorary 7 11 16 10 9 10 10 10 13 13 11 12 12 11 12
Queen Charlotte's
Total 37 34 34 35 36 36 34 31 30 28 27 32 30 31 Merged with Hammersmith BG
Total paid 31 28 27 28 29 28 26 24 24 24 24 29 27 28
Whole-time 4 4 3 3 3 5 6 6 7 7 7 9 9 10
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 27 24 24 25 26 23 20 18 17 17 17 20 18 18
Honorary 6 6 7 7 7 8 8 7 6 4 3 3 3 3
Eastman Dent.
Total 28 26 26 31 31 34 31 32 29 33 32 33 33 32 32
Total paid 14 13 13 13 14 16 13 16 16 17 18 18 19 18 18
Whole-time 8 8 6 7 8 10 8 10 10 8 9 10 10 10 10
Maximum Part-time
Part-time 6 5 7 6 6 6 5 6 6 9 9 8 9 8 8
Honorary 14 13 13 18 17 18 18 16 13 16 14 15 14 14 14

General Notes:

1. Senior Hospital Medical/Dental Officers (with allowance) are included in the consultant figures.

2. Analyses of maximum part-time contracts are not available prior to 1970. For SHAs/BGs maximum part-time figures are not readily available for any year. Where MPT figures are not shown the contracts have been included with the part-time figures.

3. There is some duplication in the figures due to some consultants holding contracts in more than one region and/or with more than one SHA/BG.

4. There were boundary changes in the 1974 NHS reorganisation which will effect comparisons between 1973–74. There were also boundary changes in 1982 which particularly affected North West, North East and South West Thames regions.

5. In 1984 Queen Charlotte's BG merged with Hammersmith BG to form Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's Special Health Authoriry.