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Gynaecologists

Joyce Quin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many (a) female and (b) male gynaecologists are employed by each local health authority in England. [39515]

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Mr. Hutton: The information requested is shown in the table.

There has been a 42 per cent. increase in female obstetric and gynaecology consultants since 1997.

Number of hospital medical staff, of which consultants within the obstetrics and gynaecology specialty by gender and health authority⁽²²⁾, as at 30 September 2001

		All staff			Consultants
		All	Male	Female	All	Male	Female
England		4,150	2,170	1,980	1,220	930	290
Health authority
Avon	QD8	100	40	60	20	20	10
Barking and Havering	QAP	50	20	30	20	10	10
Barnet, Enfield and Haringey	QEW	40	20	20	10	10	0
Barnsley	QCG	20	10	10	0	0	(23)—
Bedfordshire	QA6	40	20	20	10	10	0
Berkshire	QA7	70	30	40	10	10	0
Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich	QEY	60	40	30	20	20	0
Birmingham	QD9	130	70	60	40	40	10
Bradford	QDD	50	20	20	10	10	0
Brent and Harrow	QAR	40	20	20	10	10	0
Buckinghamshire	QA8	60	30	30	10	10	0
Bury and Rochdale	QCT	30	10	20	10	10	0
Calderdale and Kirklees	QDT	50	20	30	10	10	0
Cambridge	QER	70	40	30	20	20	0
Camden and Islington	QAT	120	50	70	40	20	20
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly	QDV	20	10	10	10	0	0
County Durham	QDE	40	30	10	20	10	0
Coventry	QEA	30	20	10	10	10	0
Croydon	QAD	20	10	0	10	0	0
Doncaster	QCK	30	20	20	10	10	0
Dorset	QDW	50	30	20	10	10	(23)—
Dudley	QEC	20	10	10	10	0	0
Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow	QAV	110	50	60	30	20	10
East Kent	QAE	50	40	10	20	20	0
East Lancashire	QCX	40	20	20	20	10	10
East London and The City	QAW	100	50	50	40	30	10
East Riding	QDF	40	30	20	10	10	0
East Surrey	QAK	30	20	10	10	10	0
East Sussex	QAM	50	30	20	20	10	0
Gateshead and South Tyneside	QDG	50	20	20	10	10	0
Gloucestershire	QDY	30	20	20	10	10	0
Herefordshire	QED	10	10	0	0	0	(23)—
Hertfordshire	QEX	70	40	30	20	20	0
Hillingdon	QA2	20	10	10	10	0	0
Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire	QEV	50	30	20	10	10	0
Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster	QA3	80	40	40	30	20	10
Kingston and Richmond	QAG	30	10	20	10	0	0
Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham	QAH	180	80	100	30	20	10
Leeds	QDH	80	40	40	20	20	0
Leicestershire	QCL	80	40	40	20	20	0
Lincolnshire	QCM	40	20	20	10	10	(23)—
Liverpool	QC2	70	40	40	20	20	10
Manchester	QC3	80	30	50	20	10	10
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth	QAJ	60	30	30	20	10	10
Morecambe Bay	QC4	30	20	10	0	0	(23)—
Newcastle and North Tyneside	QDJ	50	30	30	10	10	0
Norfolk	QET	60	40	20	20	10	0
North and East Devon	QDX	30	20	20	10	10	0
North and Mid Hampshire	QD1	30	20	10	10	0	0
North Cheshire	QCV	20	10	10	10	10	0
North Cumbria	QDK	20	20	10	10	10	0
North Derbyshire	QCH	20	10	10	0	0	0
North Essex	QAX	60	30	20	10	10	0
North Nottinghamshire	QCN	20	10	10	10	0	0
North Staffordshire	QEH	30	20	10	10	10	0
North West Lancashire	QCY	50	20	20	10	10	0
North Yorkshire	QDR	60	40	30	20	10	0
Northamptonshire	QCC	40	20	20	10	10	0
Northumberland	QDM	40	20	20	10	10	0
Nottingham	QCP	70	30	40	20	10	10
Oxfordshire	QCE	60	30	30	20	20	0
Redbridge and Waltham Forest	QA5	20	10	10	10	0	0
Rotherham	QCQ	20	10	10	10	0	0
Salford and Trafford	QC6	30	20	20	10	10	0
Sandwell	QEE	20	10	10	0	0	(23)—
Sefton	QC7	40	20	10	10	10	0
Sheffield	QCR	50	20	30	20	20	10
Shropshire	QEF	20	10	10	10	0	0
Somerset	QD5	30	20	10	10	10	0
South and West Devon	QD6	50	30	20	10	10	0
South Cheshire	QCW	60	30	30	20	10	0
South Derbyshire	QCJ	30	10	20	10	10	0
South Essex	QAY	30	20	20	10	10	0
South Humber	QDL	30	20	10	10	10	0
South Lancashire	QC1	10	0	0	0	0	(23)—
South Staffordshire	QEJ	30	20	10	10	10	0
Southampton and South West Hampshire	QD3	50	20	30	20	10	0
St. Helens and Knowsley	QC5	20	10	10	10	0	0
Stockport	QC8	20	10	10	10	0	0
Suffolk	QCF	40	20	20	10	10	0
Sunderland	QDN	30	10	20	10	0	0
Tees	QDP	50	30	20	20	10	10
Wakefield	QDQ	20	10	10	10	10	(23)—
Walsall	QEK	20	10	10	0	0	0
Warwickshire	QEL	30	10	10	10	10	0
West Kent	QAF	60	40	30	20	20	0
West Pennine	QC9	30	20	10	10	10	0
West Surrey	QAL	70	30	40	20	10	10
West Sussex	QAN	60	30	20	10	10	0
Wigan and Bolton	QDA	40	20	20	10	10	0
Wiltshire	QD7	30	20	20	10	10	(23)—
Wirral	QDC	30	20	10	10	10	0
Wolverhampton	QEM	20	10	10	10	10	0
Worcester	QEN	40	20	20	10	10	0

⁽²²⁾ Staff holding appointments in more than one HA are included separately in each HA. The sum of HA totals therefore differ slightly from the England total and a direct comparison between England total and HA totals is not advised.

⁽²³⁾ Denotes zero

Notes:

1. 0 denotes 5 or less

2. Figures rounded to the nearest 10

Source:

Department of Health 2001 medical and dental workforce census

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Compensation

Joyce Quin: To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the total amount of compensation paid in out of court settlements for patients in each local health authority area in each of the last 10 years. [39516]

Ms Blears: The Department does not hold figures for all aspects of litigation made against the national health service and therefore the information requested is not held centrally.

Dentists

Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in England were trained at dental schools in (a) Scotland, (b) Wales and (c) Northern Ireland; and what proportion each represents of the total. [39818]

Ms Blears: The number of General Dental Service (GDS) dentists in England trained at dental schools in Scotland, Wales and Northern Ireland and the percentage of the total number of dentists is shown in the table.

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The total number of dentists covers principals on a HA list, their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.

	Area of qualification
	Scotland	Wales	Northern Ireland	Dentists working in England
Principals
Number	1,099	444	91	16,124
Percentage of principals	7	3	1	—
Assistants
Number	43	4	3	1,214
Percentage of assistants	4	0	0	—
VDPs
Number	25	15	7	599
Percentage of VDPs	4	3	1	—
Total
Number	1,167	463	101	17,937
Percentage of total dentists	—	—	—	—

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Mr. Andrew Turner: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many dentists in England were trained at dental schools outside the United Kingdom; and what proportion they represent of the total. [39817]

Ms Blears: The number of General Dental Service (GDS) dentists in England trained at dental schools outside the UK and the percentage of the total number of dentists in England at 31 December 2001 is shown in the table. The figures exclude dentists whose title of registration is shown as Statutory Exams and dentists awaiting entry.

The total number of dentists covers principals on a HA list, their assistants and vocational dental practitioners.

General Dental Service: Number of dentists trained at dental schools outside the UK and the percentage of the total number of dentists in England at 31 December 2001

	Dentists qualified overseas	Dentists working in England	Percentage of dentists who work in England qualified overseas
Principals	2,094	16,124	13
Assistants	717	1,214	59
VDPs	1	599	0
Total	2,812	17,937	16

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