HC Deb 02 March 1999 vol 326 c675W
Helen Jones

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many psychiatric consultant posts there are per head of the population in each health authority in the North West Region. [73760]

Mr. Hutton

The information requested is in the table.

Number of consultants in psychiatry specialty by health authorities in North West per region per 100,000 population at 30 September 1997
Health authority Numbers Per 100,000 population
North West Region 170 2.5
Bury and Rochdale HA 0 1.3
East Lanchashire HA 0 0.8
Liverpool HA 10 2.4
Manchester HA 30 6.3
Morecambe Bay HA 0 1.6
North Cheshire HA 10 3.5
North West Lancashire HA 10 2.4
Salford and Trafford HA 20 4.0
Sefton HA 10 4.2
South Cheshire HA 10 1.0
South Lancashire HA 10 2.3
St. Helens and Knowsley HA 10 1.8
Stockport HA 10 4.5
West Pennine HA 10 3.0
Wigan and Bolton HA 10 1.0
Wirral HA 10 2.7