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Dept of Health

Answer

Mrs. Calton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many CAMHS consultants are employed in the NHS in each health authority. [85156] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the tables. The data shows an increase since 1997 of 9.1 per cent., in the number of child and adolescent psychiatrists. NHS consultants, all specialties and child and adolescent psychiatry specialty _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All specialities Child and adolescent psychiatry England 1997 21,370 440 1998 22,220 460 1999 23,220 490 2000 24,310 480 2001 25,690 490 2002 26,350 480 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: Figures are at 30 September each year, except 2002 which is at 31 March. Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census. Hospital medical consultants in the specialty child and adolescent psychiatry by strategic health authority _________________________________________________________________________________________________. At 31 March 2002 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire 20 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire 10 Birmingham and The Black Country 20 Cheshire and Merseyside 20 County Durham and Tees Valley 20 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire 10 Cumbria and Lancashire 10 Dorset and Somerset 10 Essex 01 Greater Manchester 20 Hampshire and Isle of Wight 20 Kent and Medway 10 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland 10 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire 30 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire 10 North Central London 20 North East London 20 North West London 30 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear 20 Shropshire and Staffordshire 10 South East London 20 South West London 20 South West Peninsula 01 South Yorkshire 10 Surrey and Sussex 30 Thames Valley 30 Trent 30 West Yorkshire 20 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Figure less than 5. Note: Figures are rounded to the nearest 10. Source: Department of Health 2002 consultant census.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

85156; 397 c520-1W;397 c518-9W

Session

2002-03

Subjects

Children Doctors Health authorities NHS Staff Mental health services Psychiatry Young people

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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