§ Mr. BurnsTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many paediatric pathologists practise in England; and how many practised in 1997. [24655]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 8 January 2002]: Paediatric pathology is a sub-specialty of histopathology. Data are not collected for sub-specialties and the information requested is not available.
Data for histopathology are shown in the table.
Hospital medical staff within the histopathology specialty 1997 2000 All staff 940 1,160 of which: Consultants 720 860 Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest 10
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental work force census