§ Mr. Andrew BowdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many consultant urologists are working in each health authority in England and Wales.
§ Mr. NewtonFigures are not available for all district health authorities. Information about medical staff is collected by employing authorities, which, for consultants, means regional health authorities, district health authorities designated for teaching purposes, and special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals in England, and district health authorities in Wales. Such information as is available is set out in the table.
Table: Numbers of Consultants in post in Urology at 30 September 19861 in England and Wales Region Number (total) including:— DHA Number Northern 13 Newcastle-upon-Tyne 4 Yorkshire 14 Leeds Western 2 Leeds Eastern 2 Trent 17 Leicestershire 3 Nottingham 4 Sheffield 4 East Anglian 11 Cambridge 3 North West Thames 12 Parkside 2 Riverside 5 North East Thames 29 Hampstead 1 Bloomsbury 13 City and Hackney 2 Tower Hamlets 3 South East Thames 24 West Lambeth 4 Camberwell 3 Lewisham and North Southwark 4 South West Thames 14 Wandsworth 3 Wessex 10 Southampton and South West Hampshire 2 Oxford 6 Oxfordshire 1 South Western 11 Bristol and Weston 2 West Midlands 20 Central Birmingham 2 Mersey 10 Liverpool Central 4 North Western 22 Central Manchester 2 South Manchester 5 Salford 2 SHAS for the London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals Hospitals for Sick Children 3 Royal Marsden 3 Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 1 Wales 8 Gwent 1 Mid-Glamorgan 1 South Glamorgan 3 West Glamorgan 2 Pembrokeshire 1 1 Including permanent paid, honorary and locum staff.