HC Deb 02 May 1989 vol 152 c59W
Mr. Nicholas Bennett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list by each health district the number of consultants in each specialty who have merit awards; and what this figure represents as a percentage of the total number of consultant posts.

Mr. Grist

The following information is given on an all-Wales basis rather than by health districts in order to preserve the confidential nature of the awards.

Wales
Specialty Number
Anaesthetics 34
Cardiology 3
Cardio-Thoracic surgery 2
Community medicine 13
Dermatology 4
Diseases of the chest 2
Ear, nose and throat 10
General medicine 38
General surgery 28
Genito urinary medicine 1
Geriatric medicine 6
Mental illness/Mental handicap 30
Neurology 5
Neurosurgery 5
Obstetrics and gynaecology 17
Ophthalmology 6
Orthopaedic surgery 15
Paediatrics 14
Paediatric surgery 2
Chemical pathology 2
Haematology/Blood transfusion 8
Histopathology 11
Medical microbiology 4
Plastic surgery 4
Radiology 16
Radiotherapy 4
Rheumatology and rehabilitation 3
Oral surgery 5
Orthodontics 3
Restorative dentistry 4

The number of award holders represents some 35 per cent. of the total number of consultants in Wales.

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