§
Mr. Kenneth Clarke
[pursuant to his reply, 28 November 1983, c. 421]: The inner city funding will be allocated for three separate purposes and is to be allocated on a slightly different basis for each of the three. The allocation for the training of health visitors and district nurses was made to the district health authorities listed in table 1. Figures on general medical practitioners are not available by district health authority except where the family practitioner committee is coterminous with one district health authority. These are marked with an asterisk. The 60 per cent. improvement grant for the improvement of poor quality premises in inner city areas is available to the FPCs listed in table 2, but may be used only in those parts of the FPCs which are covered by inner city partnership and urban programme authorities. The allocation for primary health care projects in inner city areas has been made to those regional health authorities which contain inner city partnership and urban programme authorities, and it is for them to decide the districts containing inner city areas to which it should be made available. We also propose to introduce new incentives to group practice in inner cities, but the detailed arrangements for that scheme are not yet finalised.
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| TABLE 1 |
| District health authorities |
Population (Provisional OPCS estimates 1982) Thousands |
No of qualified staff† in district nursing (whole time equivalent) 30 September 1982 |
| Gateshead* |
211.6 |
65 |
| Newcastle* |
281.0 |
149 |
| Paddington |
123.5 |
61 |
| Victoria |
138.5 |
50 |
| Bloomsbury |
130.3 |
69 |
| City and Hackney |
188.5 |
45 |
| Hampstead |
106.1 |
49 |
| Islington |
162.9 |
62 |
| Newham |
212.3 |
75 |
| Tower Hamlets |
144.5 |
59 |
| Camberwell |
215.9 |
56 |
| West Lambeth |
159.4 |
51 |
| Lewisham and North Southwark |
320.6 |
141 |
| Central Birmingham |
185.1 |
52 |
| East Birmingham |
203.6 |
71 |
| North Birmingham |
166.3 |
51 |
| South Birmingham |
254.0 |
72 |
| West Birmingham |
208.3 |
67 |
| Sandwell* |
309.3 |
85 |
| Wolverhampton* |
255.4 |
44 |
| North Manchester |
149.7 |
72 |
| Central Manchester |
126.4 |
57 |
| South Manchester |
182.5 |
75 |
| Liverpool* |
510.7 |
178 |
| † Includes registered and enrolled nurses with and without district training, dual posts and bank nurses. |
| TABLE 2 |
| FPCs |
Population (Provisional OPCS Estimates 1982) Thousands |
Medical Practices at 1 October 1982 |
Unrestricted Principals in General Practice 1 October 1982 |
| Cleveland |
566.9 |
80 |
254 |
| Gateshead* |
211.6 |
34 |
104 |
| North Tyneside |
197.0 |
36 |
85 |
| South Tyneside |
160.6 |
32 |
73 |
| Newcastle* |
281.0 |
51 |
146 |
| Sunderland |
299.4 |
49 |
128 |
| Humberside |
855.8 |
150 |
391 |
| Bradford |
464.7 |
91 |
220 |
| Leeds |
716.1 |
140 |
364 |
| Leicestershire |
860.7 |
137 |
401 |
| Nottinghamshire |
991.4 |
175 |
431 |
| Sheffield |
545.8 |
122 |
261 |
| Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow |
635.8 |
175 |
365 |
| Brent and Harrow |
452.8 |
141 |
263 |
| Camden and Islington |
338.8 |
104 |
198 |
| City and East London |
545.3 |
164 |
303 |
| Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham |
695.9 |
199 |
397 |
| Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth |
595.2 |
156 |
312 |
| Wolverhampton* |
255.4 |
61 |
124 |
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| FPCs |
Population (Provisional OPCS Estimates 1982) Thousands |
Medical Practices at 1 October 1982 |
Unrestricted Principals in General Practice 1 October 1982 |
| Birmingham |
1,017.3 |
254 |
527 |
| Coventry |
317.4 |
58 |
152 |
| Sandwell* |
309.3 |
70 |
152 |
| St. Helens and Knowsley |
362.4 |
71 |
170 |
| Liverpool* |
510.7 |
123 |
267 |
| Wirral |
339.2 |
70 |
169 |
| Bolton |
262.3 |
60 |
121 |
| Lancashire |
1,384.1 |
280 |
628 |
| Oldham |
220.6 |
39 |
97 |
| Rochdale |
207.1 |
32 |
88 |
| Salford |
245.6 |
70 |
125 |
| Manchester |
458.6 |
112 |
254 |
| * These authorities in Tables 1 and 2 are coterminous, and a direct comparison between the two tables is possible. |