To ask the Secretary of State for Health pursuant to the answer of 4 July 2003, Official Report, column 541W, on neurological registrars, how many senior house officers specialising in neurology there were in each region in each year. [126343]
The number of senior house officers (SHOs) within neurology, in each national health service region, in 1997, 1998 and 2001 is shown in table 1.In 1998, the Department validated data returns against information held by the Royal Colleges which resulted in the reclassification of some specialities. Therefore, the decrease shown in SHO neurology numbers in 1998 is largely an issue of reclassification rather than a reduction.From 2002, data are no longer collected by regional office. Table 2 contains data by strategic health authority.
| Table 1: Hospital medical senior house officers in the neurology specialty by region | |||
| As at 30 September | 1997 | 1998 | 2001 |
| England | 141 | 119 | 122 |
| Northern and Yorkshire | 25 | 22 | 19 |
| Trent | 11 | 7 | 10 |
| West Midlands | 11 | 12 | 9 |
| North West | 14 | 14 | 14 |
| Eastern | 8 | 11 | 11 |
| London | 44 | 34 | 34 |
| South East | 21 | 13 | 14 |
| South Western | 7 | 6 | 11 |
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.
Table 2: Hospital medical senior house officers in the neurology specialty by strategic health authority—2002
| |
As at 30 September
| Numbers (headcount)
|
England
| 123 |
| Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire | 3 |
| Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire | 1 |
| Birmingham and the Black Country | 7 |
| Cheshire and Merseyside | 4 |
| County Durham and Tees Valley | 1 |
| Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire | 0 |
| Cumbria and Lancashire | 3 |
| Dorset and Somerset | 0 |
| Essex | 1 |
| Greater Manchester | 6 |
| Hampshire and Isle of Wight | 3 |
| Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland | 4 |
| Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire | 8 |
| North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire | 2 |
| North Central London | 12 |
| North East London | 6 |
| North West London | 7 |
| Northumberland, Tyne and Wear | 7 |
| Shropshire and Staffordshire | 2 |
| South East London | 10 |
| South West London | 3 |
| South West Peninsula | 0 |
| South Yorkshire | 8 |
| Surrey and Sussex | 2 |
Table 2: Hospital medical senior house officers in the neurology specialty by strategic health authority—2002
| |
As at 30 September
| Numbers (headcount)
|
| Thames Valley | 10 |
| Trent | 1 |
| West Yorkshire | 12 |
Source:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.