§ 19. Dr. Roger Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will state the number of medical pathologists employed full-time for cervical cytology slide interpretation by each health authority in Wales; and what was the comparable figures two years ago.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonA range of technically or medically qualified people is involved in slide interpretation in addition to medical pathologists. At 31 December 1985 there were 45.33 whole time equivalent posts dealing with slide interpretation in Wales; the equivalent figure for 1983 was 40.36. The figures are as follows. The number of whole time equivalent posts dealing with slide interpretation in each health authority at 31 December 1985 and two years earlier were:
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1983 1985 Clwyd 5.50 7.00 East Dyfed 2.00 1.40 Gwent 9.36 9.11 Gwynedd 4.20 3.60 Mid Glamorgan 8.05 8.55 Pembrokeshire1 — — Powys1 — —
1983 1985 South Glamorgan 7.33 9.25 West Glamorgan 3.92 6.42 40.36 45.33 1 No laboratories in these areas.