Public Involvement & Communications / NHS Borders
Newstead
Melrose
Roxburghshire
TD6 9DA
01896 825520
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Freedom of Information request 112-10
Request
How many consultants work in your Health Board?
I would like this information split into the following categories:
How many male consultants there are? How many female consultants
there are?
I would like this further broken down into speciality
Response
NHS Borders / Male / FemaleAll specialties / 87 / 56 / 31
Emergency medicine / 1 / 1 / 0
Anaesthetics / 12 / 5 / 7
Intensive care medicine / 0
Laboratory & Diagnostic Specialties
Histopathology / 0 / 0 / 0
Chemical pathology / 1 / 1 / 0
Haematology / 3 / 2 / 1
Immunology / 0
Medical microbiology & virology / 3 / 2 / 1
Clinical radiology / 5 / 4 / 1
Medical Specialties
Acute medicine / 0
Cardiology / 2 / 1 / 1
Clinical genetics / 0
Clinical pharmacology & therapeutics / 0
Infectious diseases / 0
Dermatology / 0
Endocrinology & diabetes / 2 / 1 / 1
Gastroenterology / 3 / 3 / 0
Genito - urinary medicine / 0
Geriatrics / 6 / 3 / 3
Homoeopathy / 0
Medical oncology / 0
Renal medicine / 0
Neurology / 1 / 1 / 0
Palliative medicine / 1 / 1 / 0
Rehabilitation medicine / 0
Respiratory medicine / 2 / 1 / 1
Rheumatology / 1 / 0 / 1
Audiological medicine / 0
Medical ophthalmology / 0
Clinical neuro-physiology / 0
Clinical oncology / 0
Nuclear medicine / 0
Sports & Exercise Medicine / 0
Public health medicine / 4 / 4 / 0
Occupational medicine / 0
Psychiatric specialties
General psychiatry / 8 / 4 / 4
Child & adolescent psychiatry / 2 / 1 / 1
Forensic psychiatry / 0
Old age psychiatry / 3 / 1 / 2
Psychiatry of learning disability / 0
Psychotherapy / 0
Surgical specialties
General surgery / 5 / 5 / 0
Cardiothoracic surgery / 0
Otolaryngology / 2 / 2 / 0
Neurosurgery / 0
Ophthalmology / 3 / 3 / 0
Trauma & orthopaedic surgery / 5 / 4 / 1
Plastic surgery / 0
Paediatric surgery / 0
Urology / 0
Oral & maxillofacial surgery / 1 / 1 / 0
Obstetrics & gynaecology / 5 / 3 / 2
Sexual & reproductive medicine / 0
Paediatrics specialties
Paediatrics / 6 / 2 / 4
Paediatric cardiology / 0
If you are not satisfied with the way in which your request has been handled or the decision given, you may ask NHS Borders to review its actions and the decision. If you would like to request a review please apply in writing to:
Freedom of Information Review
Public Involvement & Communications
NHS Borders
Newstead
Melrose
TD6 9DB
The request for a review should include your name and address for correspondence, the request for information to which the request relates and the issue which you wish to be reviewed. Please state the reference number 112-10on this request. Your request should be made within 40 days from receipt of this letter.
If following this review, you remain dissatisfied with the outcome, you may appeal to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner and request an investigation of your complaint. Your request to the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner should be in writing (or other permanent form), stating your name and an address for correspondence. You should provide the details of the request and your reasons for dissatisfaction with both the original response by NHS Borders and your reasons for dissatisfaction with the outcome of the internal review. Your application for an investigation by the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner must be made within 6 months of your receipt of the response with which you are dissatisfied.
The address for the Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner is:
Office of the Scottish Information Commissioner
KinburnCastle
Doubledykes Road
St Andrews
Fife
Shona Cameron
Public Involvement & Communications Manager