HC Deb 06 March 2002 vol 381 cc445-7W
Joyce Quin

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) female and (b) male gynaecologists are employed by each local health authority in England. [39515]

Number of hospital medical staff, of which consultants within the obstetrics and gynaecology specialty by gender and health authority1, as at 30 September 2001
All staff Consultants
All Male Female All Male Female
England 4,150 2,170 1,980 1,220 930 290
Health authority
Avon QD8 100 40 60 20 20 10
Barking and Havering QAP 50 20 30 20 10 10
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey QEW 40 20 20 10 10 0
Barnsley QCG 20 10 10 0 0 2
Bedfordshire QA6 40 20 20 10 10 0
Berkshire QA7 70 30 40 10 10 0
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich QEY 60 40 30 20 20 0
Birmingham QD9 I30 70 60 40 40 10
Bradford QDD 50 20 20 10 10 0
Brent and Harrow QAR 40 20 20 10 10 0
Buckinghamshire QA8 60 30 30 10 10 0
Bury and Rochdale QCT 30 10 20 10 10 0
Calderdale and Kirklees QDT 50 20 30 10 10 0
Cambridge QER 70 40 30 20 20 0
Camden and Islington QAT 120 50 70 40 20 20
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly QDV 20 10 10 10 0 0
County Durham QDE 40 30 10 20 10 0
Coventry QEA 30 20 10 10 10 0
Croydon QAD 20 10 0 10 0 0
Doncaster QCK 30 20 20 10 10 0
Dorset QDW 50 30 20 10 10 2
Dudley QEC 20 10 10 10 0 0
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow QAV 110 50 60 30 20 10
East Kent QAE 50 40 10 20 20 0
East Lancashire QCX 40 20 20 20 10 10
East London and The City QAW 100 50 50 40 30 10
East Riding QDF 40 30 20 10 10 0
East Surrey QAK 30 20 10 10 10 0
East Sussex QAM 50 30 20 20 10 0
Gateshead and South Tyneside QDG 50 20 20 10 10 0
Gloucestershire QDY 30 20 20 10 10 0
Herefordshire QED 10 10 0 0 0 2
Hertfordshire QEX 70 40 30 20 20 0
Hillingdon QA2 20 10 10 10 0 0
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire QEV 50 30 20 10 10 0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster QA3 80 40 40 30 20 10
Kingston and Richmond QAG 30 10 20 10 0 0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham QAH 180 80 100 30 20 10
Leeds QDH 80 40 40 20 20 0
Leicestershire QCL 80 40 40 20 20 0
Lincolnshire QCM 40 20 20 10 10 2
Liverpool QC2 70 40 40 20 20 10
Manchester QC3 80 30 50 20 10 10
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth QAJ 60 30 30 20 10 10
Morecambe Bay QC4 30 20 10 0 0 2
Newcastle and North Tyneside QDJ 50 30 30 10 10 0
Norfolk QET 60 40 20 20 10 0
North and East Devon QDX 30 20 20 10 10 0
North and Mid Hampshire QD1 30 20 10 10 0 0
North Cheshire QCV 20 10 10 10 10 0
North Cumbria QDK 20 20 10 10 10 0
North Derbyshire QCH 20 10 10 0 0 0
North Essex QAX 60 30 20 10 10 0
North Nottinghamshire QCN 20 10 10 10 0 0

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is shown in the table.

There has been a 42 per cent. increase in female obstetric and gynaecology consultants since 1997.

Number of hospital medical staff, of which consultants within the obstetrics and gynaecology specialty by gender and health authority1, as at 30 September 2001
All staff Consultants
All Male Female All Male Female
North Staffordshire QEH 30 20 10 10 10 0
North West Lancashire QCY 50 20 20 10 10 0
North Yorkshire QDR 60 40 30 20 10 0
Northamptonshire QCC 40 20 20 10 10 0
Northumberland QDM 40 20 20 10 10 0
Nottingham QCP 70 30 40 20 10 10
Oxfordshire QCE 60 30 30 20 20 0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest QA5 20 10 10 10 0 0
Rotherham QCQ 20 10 10 10 0 0
Salford and Trafford QC6 30 20 20 10 10 0
Sandwell QEE 20 10 10 0 0 2
Sefton QC7 40 20 10 10 10 0
Sheffield QCR 50 20 30 20 20 10
Shropshire QEF 20 10 10 10 0 0
Somerset QD5 30 20 10 10 10 0
South and West Devon QD6 50 30 20 10 10 0
South Cheshire QCW 60 30 30 20 10 0
South Derbyshire QCJ 30 10 20 10 10 0
South Essex QAY 30 20 20 10 10 0
South Humber QDL 30 20 10 10 10 0
South Lancashire QCI 10 0 0 0 0 2
South Staffordshire QEJ 30 20 10 10 10 0
Southampton and South West Hampshire QD3 50 20 30 20 10 0
St. Helens and Knowsley QC5 20 10 10 10 0 0
Stockport QC8 20 10 10 10 0 0
Suffolk QCF 40 20 20 10 10 0
Sunderland QDN 30 10 20 10 0 0
Tees QDP 50 30 20 20 10 10
Wakefield QDQ 20 10 10 10 10 2
Walsall QEK 20 10 10 0 0 0
Warwickshire QEL 30 10 10 10 10 0
West Kent QAF 60 40 30 20 20 0
West Pennine QC9 30 20 10 10 10 0
West Surrey QAL 70 30 40 20 10 10
West Sussex QAN 60 30 20 10 10 0
Wigan and Bolton QDA 40 20 20 10 10 0
Wiltshire QD7 30 20 20 10 10 2
Wirral QDC 30 20 10 10 10 0
Wolverhampton QEM 20 10 10 10 10 0
Worcester QEN 40 20 20 10 10 0

1 Staff holding appointments in more than one HA are included separately in each HA. The sum of HA totals therefore differ slightly from the England total and a direct comparison between England total and HA totals is not advised.

2 Denotes zero

Notes:

1.0 denotes 5 or less

2. Figures rounded to the nearest 10

Source:

Department of Health 2001 medical and dental workforce census

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