Written question asked by John Pugh (Liberal Democrat) on Tuesday, 3 June 2003, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Monday, 16 June 2003. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Monday, 16 June 2003 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many trained paediatric consultants work in the NHS. - Including table.

Answer: Dr. Pugh: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many trained paediatric consultants work in the NHS. [117767] Mr. Hutton: The table shows the number of hospital and hospital dental consultants in the paediatric specialties working in the national health service in England at 31 March 2002. Since September 1997, the number of consultants within the paediatrics group has risen by 29 per cent. Hospital medical and hospital dental consultants with paediatric specialties _________________________________________________________________________________________________. England, as at 31 March 2002 Numbers (headcount) Paediatric Group 1,586 of which: Paediatric cardiology 54 Paediatrics 1,532 Paediatric surgery 24 Paediatric dentistry 119 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Only consultant and GP data was collected in the March 2002 mini-census. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.

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