§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list, by district, the numbers of consultants employed in the National Health Service as (a) whole-time, (b) maximum part-time and (c) part-time.
§ Mr. NewtonInformation on employment of National Health Service consultants by district is not available centrally for all districts. Numbers of consultant contracts held by regional health authorities, district health authorities designated for teaching purposes, and special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals are set out in the table. Some consultants may hold contracts with more than one authority.
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Number of NHS consultants employed by RHAs and DHAs designated for teaching purposes in England and the London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals at 30 September 1986 Whole-time Max part-time Other part-time Northern RHA 537 161 26 Newcastle RHA 164 43 34 Yorkshire RHA 371 306 15 Leeds Western HA 55 22 45 Leeds Eastern HA 76 30 3 Trent RHA 375 213 20 Leicestershire HA 92 77 5 Nottingham HA 94 71 15 Sheffield HA 130 50 8 East Anglian RHA 265 171 26 Cambridge HA 67 47 11 NW Thames RHA 329 264 110 Paddington/North Kensington HA 23 25 40 Riverside HA 51 56 73 NE Thames RHA 339 294 101
Whole-time Max part-time Other part-time Hampstead HA 36 37 45 Bloomsbury HA 47 85 102 City & Hackney HA 38 44 47 Tower Hamlets HA 18 30 40 SE Thames RHA 341 350 44 West Lambeth HA 37 30 46 Camberwell HA 21 43 25 Lewisham/North Southwark HA 76 42 58 SW Thames RHA 290 341 74 Wandsworth HA 40 48 59 Wessex RHA 301 241 33 Southampton/SW Hampshire HA 78 48 6 Oxford RHA 221 217 29 Oxfordshire HA 93 66 10 South Western RHA 354 256 49 Bristol & Weston HA 67 52 12 West Midlands RHA 672 471 55 Cental Birmingham HA 95 59 9 Mersey RHA 299 178 24 Liverpool HA 125 49 30 North Western RHA 498 326 42 Central Manchester Health Authority 57 51 13 South Manchester Health Authority 82 62 12 Salford Health Authority 64 42 10 SHAs for the London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals Hammersmith and Queen Charlotte's 30 10 19 Hospitals for Sick Children 19 20 28 National Hospital for Nervous Diseases 11 19 16 Moorfields Eye Hospital 3 14 26 Bethlem and Maudsley Hospitals 19 7 11 National Heart and Chest Hospitals 21 29 16 Royal Marsden Hospital 12 15 16 Eastman Dental Hospital 10 2 7
§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons per head of population in each regional health authority;
(2) what is the number of consultant dermatologists per head of population for each regional health authority.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is in the table.
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Number of whole.time equivalent of consultants in the specialties of traumatic and orthopaedic surgery and dermatology per 100,000 population at 30 September 1986: analysis by region within England WTE per 100,000 population Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery Dermatology England1 1.36 0.42 Northern 1.48 0.40 Yorkshire 1.39 0.41 Trent 1.23 0.35 East Anglian 1.57 0.35 North West Thames 1.16 0.35 North East Thames 1.52 0.50 South East Thames 1.31 0.70 South West Thames 1.16 0.41 Wessex 1.10 0.35 Oxford 1.35 0.47 South Western 1.24 0.47 West Midlands 1.53 0.38 Mersey 1.33 0.34 North Western 1.61 0.33 1 Including special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.