Written question asked by Tim Loughton (Conservative) on Thursday, 15 July 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Wednesday, 1 September 2004. It was answered by Lord Hutton of Furness (Labour) on Wednesday, 1 September 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many (a) male and (b) female paediatric consultants work in the NHS, shown by (i) headcount and (ii) whole time equivalent. - Inc table.

Answer: Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) male and (b) female paediatric consultants work in the NHS, shown by (i) headcount and (ii) whole time equivalent. [185407] Mr. Hutton: Information on the number of headcount and whole time equivalent consultants in the paediatric group working in the national health service broken down by gender is shown in the table. Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS)--consultants within the paediatric group of specialties, by gender. England, as at 31 December 2003 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. All consultants Male Female Paediatric group Number 1,821 1,085 736 Whole time equivalents 1,650 1,008 642 of which: Paediatric cardiology Number 68 57 11 Whole time equivalents 61 53 8 Paediatrics Number 1,753 1,028 725 Whole time equivalents 1,589 954 634 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Note: The paediatric group comprises of specialties of paediatric cardiology and paediatrics. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.

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