§ Mr. Hoyleasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will break down, by grade and sex, the numbers of staff in the following professions in the National Health Service (a) speech therapists, (b) clinical psychologists, (c) hospital pharmacists, (d) medical laboratory scientific officers, (e) medical physics technicians and (f) physiological measurement technicians.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe figures requested are shown in the table.
105W
NHS scientific and professional staff—England as at 30 September 1983* (whole-time equivalents)† Grades Total Male Female Speech Therapists District Senior Chief 17 — 17 District Chief I 27 — 27 District Chief II 77 3 74 Chief III 110 3 107 Chief IV 211 1 210 Senior I 575 7 568 Senior II 921 16 905 Basic Grade 1 — 1 Diploma Entry 1 — 1 Graduate Entry 2 — 2 Other Speech Therapists‡ 29 2 27 Teacher 1 — 1 Total Speech Therapists 1,972 32 1,940 Clinical Psychologists Top Grade+ 32 26 6
Grades Total Male Female Top Grade 40 32 8 Principal 250 154 97 Senior 531 231 300 Basic Post Probation 231 83 148 Basic Probationary HQ║ 191 76 115 Basic Probationary LQ¶ 6 2 4 Other Clinical Psychologists‡ 27 6 21 Total Clinical Psychologists 1,307 609 697
Hospital Pharmacists Regional Pharmacist Officer I 7 6 1 Regional Pharmacist Officer II 6 5 1
District Pharmacist Officer RB01–RB51 98 82 16 Area Pharmacist Officer AT1–A3* 38 33 5 District Pharmacist Officer B 13 10 3 District Pharmacist Officer C 11 6 5 Pharmacist V 11 9 2 Pharmacist Senior IV 11 9 2 Pharmacist IV 69 52 17 Principal Pharmacist 213 143 70 Staff Pharmacist 1,165 503 662 Pharmacist Basic Grade 1,144 299 845 Pre-Reg Pharmacist-Student 360 116 244 Other Pharmacist;‡ 59 18 41 Total Hospital Pharmacists 3,204 1,291 1,914
Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers Principal 89 84 5 Senior Chief 703 653 50 Chief 1,486 1,181 306 Senior 2,312 1,316 997 Basic Grade 5,765 2,185 3,580 Junior B 3,429 984 2,445 Junior A 910 191 719 Other Medical Laboratory Scientific Officer ‡ 24 11 13 Total Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers 14,718 6,604 8,114
Medical Physics Technicians Principal 17 17 — Technician I 121 116 5 Technician II 449 419 30 Technician III 876 764 112 Technician IV 583 432 151 Junior 70 47 23 Student B 98 53 45 Student A 25 19 6 Other Medical Physics Technician † 2 1 1 Total Medical Physics Technicians 2,241 1,868 374
Physiological Measurement Technicians Senior Chief 106 40 66 Chief 225 68 156 Senior 623 100 523 Technician 819 117 702 Student B 304 82 222 Student A 65 14 51 106W
Other Physiological Measurement Technicians ‡ 7 3 4 Total Physiological Measurement Technicians 2,147 424 1,723 *Latest date for which information validated to this level of detail. ‡Due to rounding the sum of the components may not add to the totals shown. shown
$ Grade not specified.
║Higher qualification.
¶Lower qualification.
●Protected pay scales.