HC Deb 25 January 1988 vol 126 cc54-9W
Mr. Worthington

To ask the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will list the number of consultants by specialty in each health board of Scotland in 1979 and 1987, showing in each case how many consultants were on full-time National Health Service contracts in both years.

Mr. Michael Forsyth

Information for 1979 in the form requested is not available except at disproportionate cost. The total number of consultants and the numbers with whole-time contracts by specialty and health board for 1980 and 1987 are shown in the tables.

Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2 1 2 3 1 2 5 1 1 6 4
Forensic Psychiatry 1 5 1 1
Mental Handicap 1 2 3 4 1 1 1
Mental Illness 15 5 3 7 7 8 12 41 7 14 27 15
Psychotherapy
Blood Transfusion 1
Clinical Chemistry 1 1 1 1 6 1 1 1 2
Clinical Genetics 1 6 1 1 1 2
Haematology 3 2 2 1 2 1 13 1 2 4
Immunology
Microbiology 2 1 1 2 1 2 15 2 1 5
Nuclear Medicine 1 1
Pathology 4 3 1 2 2 2 16 1 6 8 5
Radiodiagnosis 5 7 2 3 6 4 9 30 4 12 21 10
Virology 1 3
Occupational Health
1 Includes whole-time, part-time and maximum part-time consultants.

Table 2: Whole-time Consultants by Specialty and Health Board: 30 September 1980
Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
All Specialties 79 66 19 35 65 65 96 417 60 121 217 1 2 121 5
Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 4 2 3
ENT Surgery 3 2 1 1 2 13 2 3 3 3
General Surgery 6 4 3 2 5 6 7 22 7 13 15 1 2 8 1
Neurosurgery 2 4 2 2
Ophthalmology 3 1 2 1 10 2 2 2
Orthopaedic Surgery 4 3 2 2 3 4 4 19 3 10 5 9
Plastic Surgery 1 4 1
Surgical Paediatrics 5 3
Urology 1 1 2 1 7 2 1 2
Accident and Emergency 1 1 1 2 2 1
Anaesthetics 9 13 3 4 11 9 11 62 4 10 36 15 1
Communicable Diseases 1 1 1 3 1 3 2
Dermatology 2 1 1 2 5 1 1 2 3
General Medicine 8 6 3 4 6 7 11 36 6 14 13 9 1
Cardiology 4 2 1
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Endocrinology and Diabetes 1
Gaslroenterology 2
Homoeopathy 1
Medical Oncology 1 1
Nephrology 2 1
Rheumatology 2 1 2
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 3 1 4 1
Geriatric Medicine 4 1 1 2 3 2 4 16 2 4 7 5 1
Medical Paediatrics 4 3 1 2 3 2 3 14 2 4 9 5
Neurology 1 4 3 1
Radiotherapy and Oncology 2 13 1 5 3
Rehabilitation Medicine 1 1 3 2
Respiratory Medicine 3 2 2 16 2 1 6 2
Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 1 2 5 1 1 1 2
Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry 1 1 1 2 3 2 1 1 1
Restorative Dentistry 2 1
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4 4 1 6 6 2 18 4 11 11 5 1
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 1 2 3 1 2 5 1 1 5 4
Forensic Psychiatry 1 5 1 1
Mental Handicap 1 2 3 4 1 1 1
Mental Illness 14 5 3 7 6 8 12 36 7 14 25 15
Psychotherapy
Blood Transfusion 1
Clinical Chemistry 1 1 1 1 5 1 1 1 2
Clinical Genetics
Haemalology 3 2 2 1 2 1 13 1 2 2
Immunology
Microbiology 2 1 1 2 1 2 15 2 1 5
Nuclear Medicine 1 1
Pathology 4 3 1 2 2 2 16 1 6 8 5
Radiodiagnosis 5 6 2 3 6 4 7 24 4 12 19 9
Virology 1 3
Occupational Health

Table 3: Total1 Number of Consultants by Specialty and Health Board: 30 September 1987
Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
All Specialties 116 96 27 53 82 81 156 489 76 160 292 1 2 159 6
Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 5 2 3
ENT Surgery 3 3 2 2 3 4 12 2 5 6 5
General Surgery 11 7 3 5 6 6 10 31 9 13 19 1 2 10 2
Neurosurgery 2 4 2 2
Ophthalmology 6 3 1 2 4 5 14 3 4 5 5

Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Orthopaedic Surgery 6 6 2 3 4 4 9 22 3 12 11 11
Plastic Surgery 2 5 3 1
Surgical Paediatrics 5 3
Urology 2 2 3 3 11 3 3 2
Accident and Emergency 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
Anaesthetics 12 17 4 7 12 10 20 76 9 26 47 22 1
Communicable Diseases 2 3 1 3 3
Dermatology 3 2 2 1 1 3 9 2 2 4 4
General Medicine 14 12 3 4 6 8 13 31 6 17 21 8 1
Cardiology 2 7 4 1
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Endocrinology and Diabetes 2 1 1
Gastroenterology 2
Homoeopathy 2
Medical Oncology 2 1 3
Nephrology 4 2 1
Rheumatology 3 2 1 2 1
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1 1 4 1 4 1
Geriatric Medicine 5 4 2 2 4 4 7 19 2 5 10 7
Medical Paediatrics 4 3 2 2 3 3 6 18 2 4 13 6
Neurology 2 6 5 1
Radiotherapy and Oncology 2 9 1 4 3
Rehabilitation Medicine 1 3 1
Respiratory Medicine 2 3 11 2 5 2
Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 1 1 2 6 1 1 2 2
Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry 2 1 1 1 1 2 2 3 2 2 3 1
Restorative Dentistry 3 1
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 9 6 1 3 6 6 8 27 5 11 15 8 1
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 3 1 1 2 2 2 4 4 1 3 6 4
Forensic Psychiatry 1 4 3
Mental Handicap 1 1 2 2 4 1 1
Mental Illness 19 7 4 7 11 10 12 45 8 15 27 17 1
Psychotherapy 1 4 2 1
Blood Transfusion
Clinical Chemistry 2 1 1 1 6 1 1 2 2
Clinical Genetics 1 1
Haematology 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 13 2 5 6 2
Immunology 1
Microbiology 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 2 5 2
Nuclear Medicine 1 1
Pathology 3 4 2 3 2 4 15 2 7 8 4
Radiodiagnosis 7 8 2 3 7 5 10 29 5 16 21 13
Virology
Occupational Health 1 1 1 1 3 1 1
1 Includes whole-time, part-time and maximum part-time consultants.

Table 4: Whole-time Consultants by Specialty and Health Board: 30 September 1987
Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
All Specialties 86 77 25 43 77 71 127 396 71 144 220 1 2 147 5
Cardiothoracic Surgery 2 5 2 2
ENT Surgery 1 2 2 1 1 6 2 4 2 4
General Surgery 5 5 3 4 5 4 8 23 9 10 11 1 2 8 1
Neurosurgery 2 4 1 2
Ophthalmology 2 2 1 1 4 3 10 3 4 3
Orthopaedic Surgery 5 3 2 2 4 4 5 13 3 11 4 10
Plastic Surgery 1 1 2 1
Surgical Paediatrics 4 3
Urology 2 2 2 4 2 1 1
Accident and Emergency 2 1 1 2 3 2 2
Anaesthetics 10 14 4 5 12 9 12 63 8 23 36 21 1
Communicable Diseases 2 3 1 3 3
Dermatology 2 1 2 5 2 1 2 4
General Medicine 10 11 3 4 6 7 12 25 6 15 17 8 1
Cardiology 1 7 4 1
Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics
Endocrinology and Diabetes 2 1 1
Gastroenterology 2
Homoeopathy 1
Medical Oncology 2 1 3
Nephrology 4 2
Rheumatology 3 2 1 1 1
Sexually Transmitted Diseases 1 1 3 1 4 1
Geriatric Medicine 5 4 2 2 4 4 7 18 2 5 8 7
Medical Paediatrics 4 3 2 2 3 3 6 16 2 4 12 6
Neurology 2 5 3 1
Radiotherapy and Oncology 2 9 1 4 3
Rehabilitation Medicine 1 3 1
Respiratory Medicine 2 3 11 2 3 2
Oral Surgery and Oral Medicine 1 2 5 1 1 1 2
Orthodontics and Paediatric Dentistry 2 1 1 2 3 2 2 2 1
Restorative Dentistry 3 1

Argyll and Clyde Ayrshire and Arran Borders Dumfries and Galloway Fife Forth Valley Grampian Greater Glasgow Highland Lanarkshire Lothian Orkney Shetland Tayside Western Isles
Obstetrics and Gynaecology 5 4 1 1 5 4 6 19 5 11 9 6 1
Child and Adolescent Psychiatry 2 1 2 2 2 3 4 1 3 5 4
Forensic Psychiatry 1 4 2
Mental Handicap 1 1 2 2 4 1 1
Mental Illness 17 6 4 7 11 10 12 38 8 15 24 17 1
Psychotherapy 1 3 2 1
Blood Transfusion
Clinical Chemistry 2 1 1 1 4 1 1 2 2
Clinical Genetics 1 1
Haematology 3 3 1 3 2 2 1 13 1 5 5 2
Immunology 1
Microbiology 2 2 1 1 1 1 2 11 2 2 5 2
Nuclear Medicine 1 1
Pathology 3 4 2 3 2 4 15 2 6 8 4
Radiodiagnosis 6 7 2 3 7 5 8 23 5 13 17 12
Virology
Occupational Health 1 1 1 1 1 1

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