AQW 2752/17-22


Ms Paula Bradshaw
Alliance Party
South Belfast


Tabled Date: 26/02/2020
Answered On Date: 12/03/2020
Priority Written: No


Question:
To ask the Minister of Health how many consultant surgeons are in each of the surgical specialties in each Health and Social Care Trust.


Answer:
Information on the number of consultant surgeons in each surgical specialty, broken down by Health and Social Care (HSC) Trust, as at 3rd March 2020, is detailed in the tables below.
Belfast HSC Trust
Consultant Surgeons by Surgical Specialty
Headcount
Whole Time Equivalent
Cardiothoracic surgery
11
11.0
General surgery
23
23.0
Neurosurgery
10
10.0
Oral & maxillofacial surgery
3
3.0
Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose & throat surgery)
9
8.9
Paediatric surgery
7
7.0
Plastic surgery
4
3.0
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery
44
43.2
Urology
8
8.0
Vascular surgery
9
8.5
Total
128
125.6
Northern HSC Trust
Consultant Surgeons by Surgical Specialty
Headcount
Whole Time Equivalent
General surgery
14
14.0
Breast surgery
3
3.0
Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose & throat surgery)
5
5.0
Total
22
22.0
South Eastern HSC Trust
Consultant Surgeons by Surgical Specialty
Headcount
Whole Time Equivalent
General surgery
14
14.0
Oral & maxillofacial surgery
6
5.6
Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose & throat surgery)
4
4.0
Paediatric surgery
1
0.4
Plastic surgery
11
10.8
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery
9
8.3
Urology
4
4.0
Total
49
47.1
Southern HSC Trust
Consultant Surgeons by Surgical Specialty
Headcount
Whole Time Equivalent
General surgery
13
12.3
Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose & throat surgery)
7
6.8
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery
11
11.0
Urology
6
6.0
Breast surgery
2
2.0
Total
39
38.1
Western HSC Trust
Consultant Surgeons by Surgical Specialty
Headcount
Whole Time Equivalent
General surgery
12
11.6
Oral & maxillofacial surgery
4
4.0
Otorhinolaryngology (ear, nose & throat surgery)
5
5.0
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery
13
13.0
Urology
8
8.0
Total
42
41.6