asked the Secretary of State for Scotland if he will publish a table for Scotland, for the latest available year, showing for each medical specialty the number of consultants employed, the number employed full time and the number employed for each gradation of part-time service allowed by the contracts of employment.
The information is as follows:
| SCOTTISH MEDICAL AND DENTAL CONSULTANTS BY SPECIALTY AND NUMBER OF SESSIONS—AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 | ||||||||||||
| Part-time | ||||||||||||
| Sessions | Total | WT 11 | Max PT | Hon | 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 |
| Specialty: | ||||||||||||
| General Surgery | 159 | 98 | 35 | 22 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | 2 | — | — |
| Orthopaedic Surgery | 95 | 65 | 21 | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Ear, Nose and Throat | 49 | 31 | 16 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — |
| Ophthalmology | 59 | 25 | 27 | 4 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | 1 |
| Urology | 27 | 15 | 11 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neurosurgery | 15 | 10 | 1 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Thoracic Surgery | 13 | 12 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Plastic Surgery | 13 | 6 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| General Medicine | 195 | 122 | 31 | 41 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Cardiology | 11 | 7 | 2 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Endocrinology and Diabetes | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Neurology | 16 | 9 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clinical Pharmacology and Therapeutics | 8 | — | — | 8 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Gastroenterology | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Dermatology | 29 | 19 | 7 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Nephrology | 3 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Rheumatology | 6 | 5 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Physical Medicine/Rehabilitation | 7 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Respiratory Medicine | 37 | 34 | — | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Communicable Diseases | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Sexually Transmitted Diseases | 10 | 9 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Radiodiagnosis | 113 | 99 | 10 | 3 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Radiotherapy | 27 | 25 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Nuclear Medicine | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Homoeopathy | 2 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Medical Oncology | 2 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Paediatric Surgery | 11 | 9 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Medical Paediatrics | 67 | 51 | 2 | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
Part-time
| ||||||||||||
Sessions
| Total
| WT 11
| Max PT
| Hon
| 1
| 2
| 3
| 4
| 5
| 6
| 7
| 8
|
| Anaesthetics | 216 | 179 | 25 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | 4 | — | 1 |
| Gynaecology and Obstetrics | 116 | 69 | 33 | 13 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — |
| Accident and Emergency | 8 | 7 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — |
| Geriatrics | 55 | 46 | 2 | 5 | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — |
| Psychiatry | 181 | 154 | 8 | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — |
| Child Psychiatry | 29 | 27 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Forensic Psychiatry | 5 | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Mental Deficiency | 14 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Haematology | 36 | 30 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Blood Transfusion | 9 | 8 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Pathology | 107 | 52 | — | 55 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Clinical Chemistry | 27 | 14 | — | 13 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Human Genetics | 5 | — | — | 5 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Microbiology | 57 | 36 | — | 21 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Virology | 10 | 6 | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Orthodontics | 21 | 12 | 3 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Oral Surgery and Medicine | 29 | 12 | 3 | 14 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Restorative Dentistry | 21 | 3 | — | 18 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| All Medical Specialties | 1,868 | 1,327 | 248 | 267 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
| Total, All Specialties (including Dental) | 1,939 | 1,354 | 254 | 305 | — | 1 | 1 | 4 | 5 | 8 | 3 | 4 |
Notes
WT = Whole-time consultants *who work full-time for the National Health Service, are paid on the basis of 11 sessions, and may not undertake private practice.
Max PT = Maximum part-time consultants *who have substantially the same National Health Service work commitment as whole-time consultants but in return for the right to undertake private practice, are paid on the basis of 9 sessions.
Hon = Honorary consultants are university-paid staff involved in the clinical care of National Health Service patients.
* These definitions relate to the contractual arrangements in force until January 1980.