§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland how many vacancies for consultants there are in each NHS trust hospital in Scotland; what discussions he has had with the medical profession with respect to these vacancies; and what steps he has taken to overcome the shortage. [27239]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 29 April 1996]: The information requested is shown at NHS trust level in the table. Data are not collected centrally for individual hospitals. My right hon. Friend met representatives of the medical profession in September 1995 and discussed medical work force issues generally. To increase the number of candidates for consultant posts, we have continued to increase the number of doctors in higher training.
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Consultant vacancies in Scotland at 30 September 1995 Number Aberdeen Royal Hospitals NHS Trust 17 Angus NHS Trust 1 Argyll and Bute NHS Trust 0 Ayrshire and Arran Community Healthcare NHS Trust 6 Borders Community Health Services NHS Trust 1 Borders General Hospital NHS Trust 1 Caithness and Sutherland NHS Trust 0 Central Scotland Healthcare NHS Trust 6 Dumfries and Galloway Acute and Maternity Hospitals NHS Trust 2 Dumfries and Galloway Community Health NHS Trust 1 Dundee Healthcare NHS Trust 0 Dundee Teaching Hospitals NHS Trust 0 East and Midlothian NHS Trust 5 Edinburgh Healthcare NHS Trust 2 Edinburgh Sick Children's NHS Trust 5 Falkirk and District Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 0 Fife Healthcare NHS Trust 2 Glasgow Dental Hospital and School NHS Trust 1
Consultant vacancies in Scotland at 30 September 1995 Number Glasgow Royal Infirmary University NHS Trust 8 Grampian Healthcare NHS Trust 7 Greater Glasgow Community and Mental Health Services NHS Trust 6 Hairmyres and Stonehouse Hospitals NHS Trust 5 Highland Communities NHS Trust 2 Inverclyde Royal NHS Trust 8 Kirkcaldy Acute Hospitals NHS Trust 4 Lanarkshire Healthcare NHS Trust 6 Law Hospital NHS Trust 14 Lomond Healthcare NHS Trust 6 Monklands and Bellshill Hospitals NHS Trust 5 Moray Health Services NHS Trust 7 North Ayrshire and Arran NHS Trust 9 Perth and Kinross Healthcare NHS Trust 5 Queen Margaret Hospital NHS Trust 7 Raigmore Hospital NHS Trust 3 Renfrewshire Healthcare NHS Trust 2 Royal Alexander Hospital NHS Trust 5 Royal Infirmary of Edinburgh NHS Trust 0 South Ayrshire Hospitals NHS Trust 0 Southern General Hospital NHS Trust 8 Stirling Royal Infirmary NHS Trust 7 Stobhill NHS Trust 6 Victoria Infirmary NHS Trust 0 West Glasgow Hospitals University NHS Trust 0 West Lothian NHS Trust 0 Western General Hospitals NHS Trust 4 Yorkhill NHS Trust 6 Total 190
§ Mrs. EwingTo ask the Secretary of State for Scotland what representations he has received on the shortage of consultants in NHS trust hospitals in Scotland; and if he will make a statement. [27238]
§ Lord James Douglas-Hamilton[holding answer 29 April 1996]: My right hon. Friend has received various representations on medical work force issues in Scotland. The number of hospital consultants in Scotland rose from 2,216 in 1990 to 2,490 in 1995, an increase of over 12 per cent.