§ Mr. BurstowTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list for each relevant NHS trust(a) the number of patient contacts with the chiropody service, (b) the number of chiropody staff employed and (c) total expenditure on community chiropody services in each of the last three years. [49551]
§ Mr. Milburn[holding answer 9 July 1998]Information about the number of patient contacts with their chiropody services for each National Health Service trust is contained in the Department of Health publication "Chiropody services, summary information, England". Copies of the summary information for 1994–95, 1995–96 and 1996–97, the latest year available, are available in the Library.
Copies of the information about the number of chiropody staff employed in each NHS trust in the last three years up to 1996–97, the latest year available, will be placed in the Library.
NHS trusts provide figures for total expenditure on community chiropody services in the annual financial returns. Analysis of these data by individual trust in England for the years 1994–95 to 1996–97 are available in the Library.