§ Mr. Gwilym Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many additional consultants have been appointed to the National Health Service in Wales since 1979; in what specialties; and what effect this has had on the respective waiting lists.
158W
Consultants at 30 September (whole-time equivalents) Change in number of patients on waiting lists 30 September 1979 to 30 September 1985 Change in annual throughput (number) 1979 to 1984 Specialties 1979 1985 Inpatients Outpatients Inpatient discharges and deaths New outpatient attendances Accident & Emergency 8.2 10.2 n/a n/a n/a +79,307 Cardiology 4.5 4.2 +65 +264 +630 +280 Cardio-thoracic surgery 2.1 3.1 +79 +12 +284 -103 Dental specialties* 19.5 27.1 +662 +2,315 +1,671 +4,675 Dermatology 10.1 10.7 -2 +7,477 +89 +1,918 Ear, Nose & Throat† 20.0 21.6 +50 +6,156 +3,881 +4,559 General Medicine‡ 54.3 66.2 +25 +1,137 +6,711 +1,100 General Surgery║ 61.2 64.2 +996 +3,905 +9,806 +6,441 Genito-Urinary Medicine 5.3 4.0 n/a n/a n/a +3,165 Geriatric Medicine 24.0 33.2 -184 +24 +11,086 +1,113 Haematology 10.7 19.3 -22 +26 +1,053 +645 Mental Handicap 10.0 8.5 -49 Nil +464 -50 Neurology 4.2 6.1 +24 +281 +46 +1,213 Neurosurgery 4.6 4.3 +55 +269 +342 +77 Obstetrics & Gynaecology 39.7 41.8 -322 +3,281 +9,419 +3,007 Ophthalmology 20.0 25.0 +228 -376 +1,187 +8,464 Paediatrics¶ 28.8 34.9 +67 +438 +2,499 +1,645 Plastic Surgery 3.2 3.9 -480 +198 +966 +1,018 Psychiatric Specialties• 61.3 80.7 -38 +268 +1,719 +491 Radiotherapy 8.6 11.3 +20 +26 +1,537 +649 Rheumatology 8.0 11.5 +85 -510 +561 +1,439 Thoracic Medicine 18.1 6.6 -12 +25 -315 -8,495 Traumatic & Orthopaedic Surgery 32.5 34.6 +1,278 +2,643 +4,540 +11,584 Other Acute Specialties n/a n/a +211 +205 +4,995 +6,269 Support Specialties■ 174.7 209.1 n/a n/a n/a n/a Total 633.6 742.1 +2,736 +28,064 +63,171 +130,339
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe table gives, by speciality, the numbers of hospital consultants employed by the National Health Service in Wales, in terms of whole-time equivalents at 30 September 1979 and 30 September 1985. Information is also provided on the change in inpatient and outpatient waiting lists over this period and on changes in the throughput of inpatient and outpatient cases between 1979 and 1984.
159W* Includes Oral Surgery, Orthodontics, Restorative Dentistry and Paediatric Dentistry.
† Includes Audiological Medicine.
‡ Includes Endocrinology, Gastroentorology, Clinical Genetics, Clinical Pharmacology and Nephrology.
║ Includes Urology.
¶ Includes Paediatric Neurology and Paediatric Surgery.
• Includes Child & Adolescent Psychiatry, Forensic Psychiatry, Mental Illness, Occupational Health and Psychotherapy.
■ Includes Anaesthetics, Blood Transfusion, Chemical Pathology, General Pathology, Histopathology, Medical Microbiology, Neuropathology, Radiology, Clinical Physiology and Other.
n/a=Not applicable.