AQW 2752/17-22 Written question to the Minister of Health
To ask the Minister of Health how many consultant surgeons are in each of the surgical specialties in each Health and Social Care Trust.
Asked by Paula Bradshaw MLA on 26 February 2020
- Answered
- Written
- Tabled
- 26 February 2020
- Answer due by
- 12 March 2020
- Answered
- 12 March 202015 days after tabling
- Department
- Department of Health
- Priority question
- No
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 |