§ Mrs. Iris RobinsonTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) medical consultant and (b) nursing specialist posts specifically concerned with the treatment of epilepsy there are in the United Kingdom. [99338]
§ Mr. HuttonInformation on the number of medical consultant and nursing specialist posts specifically concerned with the treatment of epilepsy is not collected centrally.
Consultants in neurology and neurosurgery treat patients with epilepsy. Latest figures show that, between September 1997 and March 2002, consultant numbers in neurology increased by 94, or 34 per cent., to 372. During the same period, consultant numbers in neurosurgery increased by 27, or 21 per cent., to 154.