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Dept of Health

Answer

Tim Loughton: To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many (a) whole-time equivalent and (b) headcount paediatric consultant specialists in kidney disease are working in the NHS; and how many vacant posts there are; [185411] (2) how many trainee doctors specialising in paediatrics have been working in the NHS in each of the last seven years, broken down by gender; [185412] (3) how many and what percentage of paediatric trainee doctors have gone on to take up consultancy posts in each of the last seven years. [185413] Mr. Hutton: As at 31 December 2003, there were 1,589 whole-time equivalent and 1,753 headcount paediatric consultants working in the national health service. Data held by the Department does not distinguish how many of these consultants specialise in kidney disease. As at 31 March, the three-month vacancy number for paediatric consultants was 43. The three-month vacancy rate was 2.7 per cent. This is lower than the average consultant three-month vacancy rate across all specialties, which was 4.7 per cent. Table 1 shows the number of doctors in training in the paediatric specialty since 1997, broken down by gender. Table 2 shows the cumulative total and percentage by year of first appearance as a consultant in the medical and dental workforce census. Table 1: Hospital, public health medicine and community health services (HCHS) Staff, Paediatric group training grades by gender and specialty, 1997-2003, England, as at 30 September Number (headcount) _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Paediatric group 2,648 2,720 2,838 2,936 2,875 3,049 3,258 Of which: Paediatrics 2,626 2,682 2,807 2,909 2,836 2,998 3,217 Senior house officer 1,708 1,661 1,689 1,739 1,708 1,812 1,943 Of which: Male 708 675 645 640 651 713 812 Female 1,000 986 1,044 1,099 1,057 1,099 1,131 House officer 18 26 36 43 39 51 69 Of which: Male 11 10 20 22 14 17 18 Female 7 16 16 21 25 34 51 Registrar 900 995 1,082 1,127 1,089 1,135 1,205 Of which: Male 430 455 462 456 449 471 468 Female 470 540 620 671 640 664 737 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Source: Department of Health medical and dental workforce census. Table 2: Cumulative total and percentage by year of first appearance as consultant in medical and dental workforce census _________________________________________________________________________________________________. As at September 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 Expected No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % No. % CCST date financial year1 1997-98 42 41 63 61 76 74 80 78 84 82 86 83 cohort2 1998-99 -- -- 21 14 54 36 77 52 90 60 103 69 cohort 1999-2000 -- -- -- -- 46 26 82 46 105 59 116 65 cohort 2000-01 -- -- -- -- -- -- 59 30 100 51 119 60 cohort 2001-02 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 77 32 115 48 cohort 2002-03 -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- 50 21 cohort _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Expected certificate of completion of specialist training (CCST) date can change. If data has changed and moved later it is possible for the same trainee to appear under multiple years. Totals of each year appearing should therefore not be taken. 2 All cohorts consist of specialist registrars with an expected CCST date of within one year of the date of the planning extract collection. Note: Paediatrics is the paediatrics group, which covers paediatrics, paediatric neurology, paediatric cardiology. Source: Medical and dental workforce census and planning extract.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

424 c934-6W; 185411;185412;185413

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Consultants Doctors Training Vacancies Paediatrics

Contains statistics

Yes

Link

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