asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish a table 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.
[pursuant to his reply, 25 March 1980, c. 494] circulated the following table:
| HOSPITAL MEDICAL CONSULTANTS IN POST AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1979 | |||||||||||||
| Analysis by specialty* and type of contract held | |||||||||||||
| ENGLAND AND WALES | |||||||||||||
| Total | Whole-time | Maximum part-time | Part-time (Number of Sessions) | ||||||||||
| 9 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 5 | 4 | 3 | 2 | 1 | Honorary | ||||
| All medical specialties | 12,522 | 5,297 | 3,380 | 1,809 | 57 | 136 | 130 | 238 | 36 | 21 | 17 | 9 | 1,392 |
| General medicine | 1,011 | 315 | 310 | 165 | 6 | 7 | 10 | 19 | 2 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 174 |
| Clinical physiology | 29 | 14 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | 10 |
| Nuclear medicine | 21 | 14 | — | 3 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Rheumatology and rehabilitation | 208 | 84 | 65 | 30 | 2 | 4 | 5 | 7 | 1 | — | — | — | 10 |
| Infectious diseases | 26 | 20 | 2 | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Diseases of the chest | 242 | 180 | 23 | 18 | — | — | — | 3 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 15 |
| Dermatology | 199 | 58 | 64 | 38 | 4 | 8 | 7 | 6 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 12 |
| Cardiology | 110 | 37 | 37 | 12 | 2 | 3 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Genito-urinary medicine | 107 | 77 | 15 | 7 | — | 1 | 1 | 2 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 |
| Nephrology | 60 | 26 | 18 | 6 | — | 1 | 2 | 4 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Geriatric medicine | 386 | 352 | 13 | 6 | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 13 |
| Ophthalmology | 396 | 30 | 162 | 131 | 12 | 13 | 17 | 15 | 2 | 3 | 1 | 1 | 9 |
| Clinical pharmacology and therapy | 36 | 4 | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | — | — | 30 |
| Neurology | 155 | 38 | 60 | 31 | 1 | 2 | 5 | 2 | — | — | — | — | 16 |
| Clinical neurosis physiology | 43 | 19 | 3 | 6 | 1 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | 1 | — | 5 |
| Paediatrics | 494 | 339 | 36 | 26 | — | 3 | 3 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 80 |
| Endocrinology | 20 | 8 | 1 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Gastroenterology | 39 | 14 | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 10 |
| Medical oncology | 23 | 5 | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | 13 |
| Audiological medicine | 9 | 4 | — | — | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Clinical genetics | 13 | 2 | — | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | 8 |
| Paediatric surgery | 33 | 19 | 2 | 6 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 6 |
| General surgery | 958 | 117 | 469 | 251 | 3 | 7 | 2 | 8 | 2 | 1 | — | — | 98 |
Total
| Whole-time
| Maximum part-time
| Part-time (Number of Sessions)
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9
| 8
| 7
| 6
| 5
| 4
| 3
| 2
| 1
| Honorary
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| Ear, nose and throat | 367 | 57 | 180 | 105 | — | 6 | 2 | 10 | — | — | — | — | 7 |
| Traumatic and orthopaedic surgery | 631 | 92 | 354 | 145 | 5 | 7 | 1 | 4 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 21 |
| Accident and emergency | 129 | 108 | 16 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Urology | 141 | 15 | 77 | 41 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 4 |
| Plastic surgery | 82 | 8 | 46 | 17 | 3 | 3 | 2 | — | — | — | — | — | 3 |
| Cardio-thoracic surgery | 111 | 47 | 34 | 19 | 1 | 4 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | — | 3 |
| Neurosurgery | 87 | 40 | 21 | 17 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 1 | 8 |
| Anaesthetics | 1,595 | 639 | 534 | 289 | 12 | 13 | 15 | 27 | 7 | 3 | 3 | 2 | 51 |
| Radiotherapy | 192 | 104 | 47 | 18 | 1 | 1 | 1 | 5 | 1 | — | — | — | 14 |
| Radiology | 810 | 434 | 214 | 113 | 1 | 5 | 4 | 13 | 3 | 1 | 1 | — | 21 |
| Obstetrics and gynaecology | 703 | 110 | 314 | 170 | — | 10 | 10 | 14 | — | 1 | — | 1 | 73 |
| General pathology | 10 | 7 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | 2 |
| Chemical pathology | 117 | 108 | 4 | 5 | — | — | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 58 |
| Haematology | 317 | 211 | 36 | 12 | — | 1 | — | 2 | — | — | — | — | 55 |
| Histopathology | 557 | 330 | 28 | 19 | — | 2 | 2 | 7 | — | — | 1 | — | 168 |
| Medical microbiology | 291 | 124 | 9 | 3 | — | — | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | 1 | — | 147 |
| Blood transfusion | 31 | 30 | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — | — |
| Immuno-pathology | 40 | 5 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 32 |
| Neuropathology | 34 | 14 | — | 1 | — | — | 1 | — | — | — | — | — | 18 |
| Mental handicap | 149 | 137 | 3 | 4 | — | — | — | 4 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Mental illness | 1,055 | 708 | 136 | 62 | — | 15 | 7 | 15 | 1 | 2 | 4 | 1 | 104 |
| Child and adolescent psychiatry | 271 | 174 | 27 | 15 | — | 11 | 10 | 19 | 4 | 1 | — | 1 | 9 |
| Forensic psychiatry | 17 | 7 | 1 | 1 | — | — | 1 | 6 | — | — | — | — | 1 |
| Psychotherapy | 56 | 6 | 1 | 7 | — | 3 | 5 | 22 | 5 | — | 2 | — | 5 |
| Other | 51 | 6 | — | 1 | — | — | 2 | 1 | — | — | — | — | 41 |
| *Stan practising in more than one specialty are counted tinder the specialty to which they devote the greater part of their time. | |||||||||||||