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Dept of Health

Answer

Dr. Richard Taylor: To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS hospitals undertaking joint replacement surgery have a consultant haematologist or orthopaedic surgeon with special training or interest in venous thrombosis. [189454] Mr. Hutton: The information requested is not collected centrally. All hospitals undertaking joint replacement or any other form of surgery are expected to have the appropriate clinical skill mix to ensure that procedures are performed safely and to a high standard. The number of consultant haematologists and trauma and orthopaedic surgeons in England has increased by 144 (29.5 per cent.) and 462 (43.8 per cent.) respectively between September 1997 and June 2004. Individual doctors' special interests are not collected by the Department. Hospital, public health medicine and community health services, medical Consultants within haematology and trauma and orthopaedic surgery specialties _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number (headcount) England September 1997 June 2004 Percentage change Haematology 488 632 29.5 Trauma and orthopaedic surgery 1,056 1,518 43.8 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

425 c158-9W; 189454

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Consultants Blood Staff Surgery Cardiovascular system Orthopaedics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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