HC Deb 30 January 2002 vol 379 cc428-31W
Mr. Truswell

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses, (b) doctors, broken down by specialty and (c) consultants, broken down by specialty were employed by trusts in Leeds in (i) 1997, (ii) 1998, (iii) 1999, (iv) 2000 and (v) 2001. [28978]

Mr. Hutton

The number of nurses employed by trusts in Leeds in the years 1997 to 2000 are shown in table 1. The number of doctors and consultants, broken down by specialty, employed in the Leeds health authority area in the years 1997 to 2000 are shown in table 2. Data are not held on the number of doctors and consultants, broken down by specialty, employed by trusts. Figures for 2001 are not yet available.

Table 2: Hospital, public health medicine (PHM) and community health service (CHS) medical and dental staff at Leeds health authority by specialty and grade
As at 30 September Numbers and whole-time equivalents
1997 1998
All staff no. Consultants wte All staff no. Consultants wte All staff no. consultants wte All staff no. Consultants wte
All specialties 1,550 1,300 530 440 1,520 1,310 520 460
Accident and emergency medicine 60 50 10 10 60 60 10 10
Additional dental specialties 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Anaesthetics 160 140 70 60 150 140 70 70
Audiological medicine 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cardiology 40 30 10 10 40 40 20 20
Cardio-thoracic surgery 20 20 10 10 20 20 0 0
Chemical pathology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child and adolescent psychiatry 10 10 10 10 10 10 10 10
Clinical cytogenetics and molecular genetics 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Clinical genetics 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Clinical neurophysiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical oncology 30 20 20 10 30 30 20 20
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical radiology 70 60 40 30 70 60 30 30
Community health service dental 20 10 1 1 10 10 1 1
Community health service medical 30 20 1 1 30 20 1 1
Dental public health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dermatology 20 10 10 10 20 10 10 10
Endocrinology and diabetes melitus 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Forensic psychiatry 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Gastroenterology 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
General (internal) medicine 60 60 10 10 70 60 10 10
General psychiatry 70 50 30 20 70 60 30 20
General surgery 90 90 30 30 90 80 20 20
Genito-urinary medicine 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Geriatric medicine 80 70 20 20 70 60 20 20
Haematology 30 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Histopathology 40 30 20 20 40 30 20 20
Immunology 10 10 10 10 0 0 0 0
Infectious diseases 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Intensive therapy 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Med microbiology and virology 20 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
Medical oncology 20 10 10 0 20 20 10 0
Neurology 20 10 10 10 20 10 10 10
Neuropathology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Neurosurgery 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Obstetrics and gynaecology 90 70 20 20 80 70 20 20
Occupational medicine 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Old age psychiatry 30 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Ophthalmology 40 30 10 10 40 30 10 10
Oral and maxillo-facial surgery 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Orthodontics 10 10 10 0 10 10 0 0
Other 10 10 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otolaryngology 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Paediatric cardiology 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Paediatric dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paediatric surgery 20 10 10 10 20 20 0 0
Paediatrics 100 80 30 20 110 90 30 30
Palliative medicine 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Plastic surgery 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Psychiatry of learning disability 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Psychotherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public health medicine 30 20 20 10 20 20 20 10
Rehabilitation medicine 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Renal medicine 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Respiratory medicine 20 10 0 0 20 10 10 10
Restorative dentistry 30 10 10 10 40 20 10 10
Rheumatology 20 10 10 10 20 10 10 0
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery 40 40 20 10 50 40 20 10
Urology 20 20 10 0 20 20 0 0

As at 30 September Numbers and whole time equivalents
1999 2000
All staff Consultants All staff Consultants
no. wte no. wte no. wte no. wte
All specialties 1,550 1,330 510 460 1,550 1,380 510 470
Accident and emergency medicine 70 70 10 10 60 60 10 10
Additional dental specialties 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Anaesthetics 150 140 70 70 150 140 80 70
Audiological medicine 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Cardiology 50 50 20 20 40 40 20 20
Cardio-thoracic surgery 20 20 10 10 30 30 10 10

As at 30 September Numbers and whole time equivalents
1999 2000
All staff Consultants All staff Consultants
no. wte no. wte no. wte no. wte
Chemical pathology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Child and adolescent psychiatry 20 10 10 0 20 10 10 0
Clinical cytogenedcs and molecular genetics 1 1 1 1 0 0 0 0
Clinical genetics 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Clinical neurophysiology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Clinical oncology 30 20 20 10 30 20 20 10
Clinical pharmacology and therapeutics 0 0 0 0 0 0 1 1
Clinical radiology 60 60 30 30 70 60 40 30
Community health service dental 10 10 1 1 10 10 1 1
Community health service medical 30 10 1 1 30 10 1 1
Dental public health 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Dermatology 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Endocrinology 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Forensic psychiatry 1 1 1 1 1 1 1 1
Gastroenterology 20 20 10 10 30 30 10 10
General (internal) medicine 50 40 10 10 40 40 0 0
General psychiatry 100 90 30 30 100 90 30 20
General surgery 100 90 30 20 110 100 30 30
Genito-urinary medicine 10 10 0 0 20 10 0 0
Geriatric medicine 50 50 20 10 60 60 10 10
Haematology 20 20 10 10 20 10 10 10
Histopathology 40 30 20 20 40 40 20 20
Immunology 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Infectious diseases 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Intensive therapy 0 0 1 1 1 1 1 1
Med microbiology and virology 20 10 10 10 20 10 10 10
Medical oncology 30 20 10 0 20 20 10 0
Neurology 20 20 10 10 10 10 10 10
Neuropathology 0 0 0 0 1 1 1 1
Neurosurgery 10 10 10 10 20 20 10 10
Obstetrics and gynaecology 80 60 20 20 80 60 20 20
Occupational medicine 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Old age psychiatry 40 30 10 10 30 20 0 0
Ophthalmology 40 30 10 10 40 40 10 10
Oral and maxillo-facial surgery 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Orthodontics 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Other 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Otolaryngology 10 10 0 0 10 10 10 10
Paediatric cardiology 0 0 1 1 0 0 1 1
Paediatric dentistry 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Paediatric surgery 20 20 0 0 20 20 10 10
Paediatrics 100 80 30 30 110 100 40 30
Palliative medicine 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Plastic surgery 10 10 0 0 20 20 0 0
Psychiatry of learning disability 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Psychotherapy 0 0 0 0 0 0 0 0
Public health medicine 20 20 10 10 20 10 10 10
Rehabilitation medicine 10 10 0 0 10 10 0 0
Renal medicine 20 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Respiratory medicine 30 20 10 10 30 30 10 10
Restorative dentistry 40 20 10 10 20 20 10 10
Rheumatology 20 10 10 0 20 10 0 0
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery 50 40 10 10 50 50 20 10
Urology 20 20 0 0 30 20 10 10
1Denotes zero

Notes:

1. "0" denotes less than 5.

2. Figures rounded to the nearest 10.

Source:

Department of Health 2000 medical and dental work force census