§ Tim LoughtonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many consultants in child medicine are employed in the NHS. [89927]
§ Mr. HuttonPaediatricians treat general childhood conditions. There are a number of other specialties that specialise in the treatment of specific childhood conditions.
The following table shows the number of consultants, employed in the national health service in England, in child and adolescent psychiatry, paediatric surgery and within the paediatric group.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS): Specialties of consultants in child medicine England at 31 March 2002 Numbers (headcount) Child and adolescent psychiatry 480 Paediatric surgery 120 Paediatrics group, of which: General paediatrics (including paediatric neurology) 1,530 Paediatric cardiology 50 Paediatric dentistry 20 Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census