§ Ms. Richardsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what is the number of (a) women members, (b) men members, (c) women chairpersons and (d) men chairpersons on each regional health authority;
(2) what is the number of (a) women members, (b) men members, (c) women chairpersons and (d) men chairpersons on each district health authority;
(3) what is the number of (a) women members, (b) men members, (c) women chairpersons and (d) men chairpersons on each special health authority.
§ Mrs. CurrieThe information available centrally is as follows:
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Regional Health Authorities—Members Men Women Northern 11 5 Yorkshire 13 4 Trent 14 3 East Anglian 12 4 North West Thames 13 4 North East Thames 12 4 South East Thames 11 5 South West Thames 12 4 Wessex 12 4 Oxford 12 3 South Western 10 6 Mersey 11 3 North Western 11 5 West Midlands 13 4 Totals 167 58 All 14 regional chairmen are male at present.
Special health authorities—members Men Women The Hospitals for Sick Children 14 5 National Hospital for Nervous Diseases 16 3 Moorfields Eye Hospital 15 4 Bethlem and Maudsley 11 6 Royal Marsden 14 4 National Heart and Chest Hospital 13 5 Hammersmith and Queen Charlottes 10 6 Eastman Dental 11 2 Rampton Board 3 3 Broadmoor Board 6 3 Moss Side and Park Lane Board 8 1 Mental Health Act Commission 68 24 Central Blood Products Laboratory 8 — Prescription Pricing Authority 11 3 NHS Training Authority 17 6 Health Education Authority 8 6 Disablement Services Authority 7 1 Rural Dispensing Committee 8 1 Totals 248 83 The chairman of the special health authority for The Hospitals for Sick Children is a woman, the remainder are men.
District health authorities
Members of District Health Authorities are appointed by the relevant regional health authority and appropriate local authorities.The information requested about them is therefore not available centrally but the hon. Member could obtain it from the chairmen of the regional health authorities. There are currently 32 women chairmen of district health authorities and 155 men.