§ Mr. Paul MarsdenTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to his answer to the hon. Member for Norwich, North (Dr. Gibson) of 21 July 1998,Official Report, column 528, regarding numbers of consultants, if he will list (a) the number of consultants for each specialty working within the Shropshire Health Authority, (b) the ratio of consultants in each specialty to patients within the Shropshire Health Authority and (c) the average national ratio of consultants in each specialty to patients. [52427]
§ Mr. MilburnThe number of consultants (whole time equivalents (WTEs)) in the Shropshire Health Authority area is listed in the table. Information on numbers of patients is not collected centrally.
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Specialty Consultant WTE Accident and Emergency 2 Anaesthetics 22.7 Cardiovascular Disease 3.5 Chemical pathology 1 Child and adolescent psychiatry 2 Dermatology 1 Diagnostic Radiology 12.5 Endocrinology 3 Gastroenterology 3 General Surgery 7.8 Geriatrics 4.5 Haematology 3 Learning Disabilities 1 Medical microbiology 0.5 Morbid anatomy 7 Neurology 3.7
Specialty Consultant WTE Obstetrics and Gynaecology 4.4 Occupational Medicine 1 Ophthalmology 4 Orthopaedic Surgery 14.6 Otolaryngology 2.5 Paediatrics 8.9 Psychiatry 8 Psychiatry of old age 3 Radiotherapy 1 Renal disease 1.8 Respiratory Medicine 2 Rheumatology 2 Urology 1.7 Venereology 0.6 Total 134 Source:
DH Statistical Bulletin—figures current as at September 1996