§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish in the Official Report the up-to-date position regarding the perinatal mortality rate, the infant mortality rate, the rate per thousand of community health nurses, the rate per thousand of consultant obstetricians and the rate per thousand of paediatricans for each area health authority in Wales.
§ Mr. Wyn RobertsThe latest year for which perinatal and infant mortality rates are available is 1979, and. I refer the hon. Member to my reply of 9 December 1980. —[Vol. 995, c.577.] "Community health nurse" is not an NHS grade and information in the following table therefore gives figures for community health staff who are state certified midwives or health visitors. Since the increasing trend towards an integrated midwifery service means that a number of midwives working in hospital also provide a service within the community, the table sets out separately the figures for all state certified midwives and those in the community only.
§ Mr. Nicholas EdwardsI am informed by the Manpower Services Commission that the information is not available in the form requested. At county level the information is as follows:
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Clwyd — Dyfed 50 Gwent 269 Gwynedd 85
Mid Glamogran 161 Powys — South Glamorgan — West Glamorgan 139