Hearing Aids (Hansard, 17 November 2003)

§ Richard Ottaway

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what the average current waiting time is in the South West London Strategic Health Authority for a hearing aid assessment to fit digital hearing aids. [136823]

Hospital Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services: Medical and Dental consultants (including Directors of Public Health) and Doctors in Training within specified organisations
Number (headcount)
	Taunton Deane PCT		Taunton and Somerset NHS Trust

	2002	March 2003	June 2003	1997	1998	1999	2000	2001	2002	March 2003	June 2003
Consultant (including Directors of Public Health)	2	2	1	86	90	92	99	104	109	115	115
Accident and emergency	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	3	3
Anaesthetics (inc. Intensive care medicine)	0	0	0	11	12	14	14	15	17	18	18
Cardiology	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	4	4	4
Chemical pathology	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Clinical radiology	0	0	0	7	8	8	9	9	9	10	10
Dermatology	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Endocrinology and diabetes mellitus	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	3	2	2	2
Gastroenterology	0	0	0	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	2
General surgery	0	0	0	6	6	7	7	8	9	9	9
Gentio-urinary medicine	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Geriatric medicine	0	0	0	4	4	4	4	5	4	5	5
Haematology	0	0	0	3	3	3	3	3	3	3	3
Histopathology	0	0	0	4	3	4	4	4	4	6	7
Medical microbiology and virology	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	2	2	2
Neurology	0	0	0	2	2	2	3	3	2	3	3
Obstetrics and gynaecology	0	0	0	5	5	5	6	6	6	7	6
Occupational health	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	1	1	1	1
Opthalmology	0	0	0	6	6	6	5	5	5	5	6
Oral and maxillo facial surgery	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2	2	2	2
Orthodontics	0	0	0	1	1	1	1	2	2	2	2
Otolaryngology	0	0	0	3	3	2	3	3	4	4	4
Paediatrics	0	0	0	6	6	5	6	6	6	6	6
Public health medicine	2	2	1	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Rehabilitation medicine	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	1	0	0
Respiratory medicine	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	2	2	2	2
Rheumatology	0	0	0	0	0	0	2	1	2	2	2
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery	0	0	0	6	6	6	7	8	8	8	8
Urology	0	0	0	3	3	3	4	4	4	4	4
Other	0	0	0	10	11	12	0	0	0	0	0
Doctors in training	0	n/a	n/a	108	114	115	124	133	139	n/a	n/a
Accident and emergency	0	n/a	n/a	5	5	6	7	9	10	n/a	n/a
Anaesthetics (inc. Incentive care medicine)	0	n/a	n/a	11	11	10	12	13	15	n/a	n/a
Cardiology	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	0	n/a	n/a
Gastroenterology	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	2	0	n/a	n/a
General surgery	0	n/a	n/a	12	13	13	15	17	18	n/a	n/a
Geriatric medicine	0	n/a	n/a	1	2	3	3	1	0	n/a	n/a
Haematology	0	n/a	n/a	3	4	4	4	2	2	n/a	n/a
Neurology	0	n/a	n/a	1	1	0	0	0	0	n/a	n/a
Obstetrics and gynaecology	0	n/a	n/a	9	10	8	10	10	11	n/a	n/a
Occupational health	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	1	1	1	n/a	n/a
Opthalmology	0	n/a	n/a	7	7	7	6	7	7	n/a	n/a
Oral and maxillo facial surgery	0	n/a	n/a	3	3	3	3	3	3	n/a	n/a
Orthodontics	0	n/a	n/a	1	1	1	1	1	1	n/a	n/a
Otolaryngology	0	n/a	n/a	4	5	5	5	5	5	n/a	n/a
Paediatrics	0	n/a	n/a	14	13	12	15	16	18	n/a	n/a
Rehabilitation medicine	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	1	n/a	n/a
Respiratory medicine	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	5	n/a	n/a
Rheumatology	0	n/a	n/a	0	0	0	0	1	—	n/a	n/a
Trauma and orthopaedic surgery	0	n/a	n/a	10	11	10	11	11	12	n/a	n/a
Urology	0	n/a	n/a	5	4	5	5	4	5	n/a	n/a
Other	0	n/a	n/a	22	24	28	26	27	25	n/a	n/a

Notes:

n/a= not available. March and June 2003 data are taken from mini censuses that collected Consultants only. Data as at 30 September 1992 to 2002 and 31 March 2003 and 30 June 2003.

Source

Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.

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