§ Mr. SwayneTo ask the Secretary of State for Defence if he will list the personnel operational and retained task requirement for each medical specialty within the Defence Medical Services, indicating the current strength in each specialty. [13705]
§ Dr. Moonie[holding answer 16 November 2001]: The operational and retained task requirement for each medical specialty within the Defence Medical Services and the strength in each as at 1 October 2001 are shown in the tables:
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Consultants Specialty Operational and retained task requirement1 Trained consultants in specialty1.2 Specialists undergoing training3 Anaesthetists 120 26 63 General medicine 51 18 27 Paediatricians 5 2 1 Neurologists 1 0 0 General surgeons 44 16 52 Obstetricians and gynaecologist 3 0 1 Urologists 2 1 1 Orthopaedic surgeons 28 10 21 Burns and plastic surgery 11 3 5 Accident and emergency 23 3 20 Psychiatrists 31 11 11 Ophthalmic surgeons 10 3 8
Consultants Specialty Operational and retained task requirement1 Trained consultants in specialty1,2 Specialists undergoing training3 Oral maxillofacial surgeons 10 8 8 Ear, nose and throat 10 3 8 Rheumatology and rehabilitation 6 6 3 Radiologists 11 8 3 Pathologists 18 7 1 Aviation medicine 2 1 2 Occupational medicine 50 8 24 Public health 2 8 3
General medical practitioners Specialty Operational and retained task requirement1 398 Vocationally trained GMPs1 160 GMPs undergoing vocational training4 73 No vocational training5 186 1 Command and staff posts are excluded from the Operational and Retained Task Requirement and trained manpower figures. 2 In addition to the figures shown there were five Associate Specialist anaesthetists and one Staff Grade general surgeon who would be deployable under the supervision of a consultant. 3 The figures provided comprise Specialist Registrars and Senior House Officers. Specialist Registrars within two years of accreditation are deployable within their specialty under the supervision of a consultant while all others are deployable as general duties medical officers. 4 GP Vocational Trainees are deployable as general duties medical officers. 5 This figure comprises medical officers who have yet to start training in a primary or secondary care discipline or who qualified prior to the introduction of GP vocational training.