HC Deb 23 February 1987 vol 111 cc123-5W
Mr. Dobson

asked 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. Newton

Information 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.

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. Hancock

asked 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. Newton

The information requested is in the table.

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.