Table 1.
Characteristics of consultants in this sample
| Male | Female | |
|---|---|---|
| Number of consultants in each specialty | ||
| General surgery | 1273 | 82 |
| Urology | 441 | 14 |
| Trauma and orthopaedics | 1276 | 33 |
| ENT | 387 | 23 |
| Ophthalmology | 490 | 83 |
| General medicine | 1625 | 244 |
| Gastroenterology | 179 | 22 |
| Cardiology | 346 | 34 |
| Paediatric medicine | 823 | 412 |
| Geriatric medicine | 396 | 101 |
| Number of consultants with each contract | ||
| Full time | 5271 | 967 |
| Maximum part-time | 1965 | 81 |
| Number of consultants with awards | ||
| Discretionary points or local CEAs | 3169 | 355 |
| Distinction awards or national CEAs | 817 | 74 |
| Mean (SD) age | 47 (7) | 44 (7) |
| Mean (SD) activity rate: FCEs per year | 909 (662) | 744 (670) |
| Mean (SD) activity rate: casemix-adjusted activity per year1 | 1571 (1114) | 1210 (1225) |
| Mean (SD) first outpatient attendances per year | 845 (736) | 517 (571) |
| Mean (SD) total outpatient attendances per year | 2792 (2216) | 1863 (1972) |
Note:
1
Casemix-adjusted activity is estimated by summing the tariff cost of the healthcare related group (HRG) that is assigned to each episode