HC Deb 06 May 1954 vol 527 c32W
56. Mr. Blenkinsop

asked the Minister of Health how many psychiatric social workers are employed by mental hospitals under the National Health Service; and what increase there has been during the past year.

Mr. Iain Macleod

Figures for 1953 are not yet available, but in 1952 the number at hospitals in England and Wales was 260 full-time and 40 part-time, an increase of 20 full-time over the previous year.