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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mrs. Iris Robinson: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many consultant orthopaedic surgeons there are in the Province; and for how many weekly NHS sessions each is employed. [154598] Angela Smith: Number of consultant orthopaedic surgeons employed in the Province as at 31 December 2003 and the number of weekly NHS sessions they are employed for. _________________________________________________________________________________________________. HSS Trust Count WTE Number of weekly NHS sessions employed for Altnagelvin Group HSS Trust 6 5.91 5 work 11 NHS sessions per week 1 works 10 NHS sessions per week Greenpark Healthcare HSS Trust 17 15.15 1 works 8.5 NHS sessions per week 7 work 10 NHS sessions per week 8 work 11 NHS sessions per week 1 works as and when required Royal Group of Hosp. HSS Trust 1Not available 8.09 Total of 89 NHS sessions worked by consultants per week2 Ulster Comm. and Hosp. HSS Trust 6 4.64 1 works 2 NHS sessions per week 1 works 2.5 NHS sessions per week 1 works 3 NHS sessions per week 1 works 4 NHS sessions per week 2 work 5 NHS sessions per week Total Not available 33.79 Total of 342 NHS sessions worked per week by consultant orthopaedic surgeons _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Headcount figure for number of consultant orthopaedic consultants working in Royal Group of Hosp. HSS Trust was not available. 2 It was not possible to breakdown the number of NHS sessions worked by consultant orthopaedic consultants in Royal Group of Hosp. HSS Trust.

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

154598; 418 c168W

Session

2003-04

Subjects

Consultants Northern Ireland Staff Surgery Orthopaedics

Contains statistics

Yes

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