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Mr. Thompson
asked the Secretary of State for Scotland how many consultants there are in the National Health Service in Scotland in each of the following categories: medical specialities—by speciality—surgical specialities—by speciality—pathology, psychiatry, anaesthetics,
| MEDICAL CONSULTANTS IN POST IN SCOTLAND AT 30TH SEPTEMBER 1974 | ||||||
| Specialty | Whole-time posts | Part-time posts | Honorary appointments | Total | ||
| Medical specialties | ||||||
| General medicine* | … | … | 122 | 46 | 50 | 218 |
| Communicable diseases | … | … | 14 | 1 | 2 | 17 |
| Dermatology | … | … | 14 | 13 | 3 | 30 |
| Geriatrics | … | … | 40 | 2 | 2 | 44 |
| Medical paediatrics | … | … | 41 | 3 | 12 | 56 |
| Neurology | … | … | 7 | 3 | 4 | 14 |
| Physical medicine/rehabilitation | … | 5 | — | — | 5 | |
| Respiratory medicine | … | … | 37 | — | 3 | 40 |
| Sexually transmitted diseases | … | … | 7 | 2 | — | 9 |
| Total | … | … | 287 | 70 | 76 | 433 |
| Surgical specialties | ||||||
| General surgery | … | … | 76 | 60 | 20 | 156 |
| Ear, nose and throat surgery | … | … | 31 | 19 | — | 50 |
| Neurosurgery | … | … | 9 | 1 | 4 | 14 |
| Ophthalmology | … | … | 19 | 31 | 4 | 54 |
| Orthopaedic surgery | … | … | 52 | 24 | 6 | 82 |
| Paediatric surgery | … | … | 6 | 3 | 1 | 10 |
| Plastic surgery | … | … | 12 | 6 | — | 18 |
| Thoracic surgery | … | … | 9 | — | 2 | 11 |
| Urology | … | … | 6 | 16 | — | 22 |
| Total | … | … | 220 | 160 | 37 | 417 |
| Laboratory Medicine | ||||||
| Clinical chemistry | … | … | 16 | 1 | 11 | 28 |
| Haematology | … | … | 20 | — | 7 | 27 |
| Microbiology (including virology) | … | 35 | — | 24 | 59 | |
| Pathology | … | … | 48 | — | 45 | 93 |
| Total | … | … | 119 | 1 | 87 | 207 |
| Psychiatry (including child psychiatry and mental deficiency) | 172 | 5 | 18 | 195 | ||
| Anaesthetics | … | … | 143 | 37 | 2 | 182 |
| Radiotherapy | … | … | 25 | 2 | 1 | 28 |
| Radiology | … | … | 85 | 10 | 3 | 98 |
| Grand Total | … | … | 1,051 | 285 | 224 | 1,560 |
| * These numbers include consultants with special interests in cardiology, clinical pharmacology, gastroenterology, nephrology and rheumatology. | ||||||