§ Mr. Stallardasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many trained chiropodists were employed by each of the area health authorities in the London region in the years 1977, 1978 and 1979.
§ Sir George Young[pursuant to his reply, 13 July 1981]: The information is as follows:
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Chiropodists Employed by Area Health Authorities in Greater London Whole-time equivalents as at 30 September Region and Area 1977 1978 1979 North West Thames Barnet 14.3 14.8 10.7
Region and Area 1977 1978 1979 Brent and Harrow 21.0 20.8 26.9 Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 11.6 40.9 34.9 Hillingdon 10.0 10.0 14.1 Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 8.6 15.4 16.0 North East Thames Barking and Havering 17.8 14.0 17.6 Camden and Islington 43.7 34.2 46.4 City and East London 21.3 18.8 21.8 Enfield and Haringey 9.5 8.3 6.5 Redbridge and Waltham Forest 11.1 13.5 17.7 South East Thames Greenwich and Bexley 27.8 11.4 16.6 Bromley 16.0 15.6 14.6 Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 51.8 56.8 48.7 South West Thames Croydon 16.5 14.7 14.3 Kingston and Richmond 17.8 15.4 16.2 Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 47.0 25.5 39.8 Notes:
1. These figures include salaried chiropodists both full-time and part-time, chiropodists employed on a sessional basis, chiropodists providing services on a fee per treatment basis—domiciliary and surgery treatments—and those chiropodists providing services on an agency basis—that is, chiropodists providing services to voluntary organisations acting on behalf of area health authorities.
2. Under the National Health Service (Professions Supplementary to Medicine) Regulations 1974 (SI 1974 No. 296), health authorities are prohibited from employing chiropodists who are not State-registered. There are a number of unregistered chiropodists with a protected right to work in the National Health Service—this is under provisions in the 1964 regulations which the existing ones replaced—but separate information as to numbers so employed is not available centrally.