§ Mr. K. Robinsonasked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of psychiatrists of consultant and senior 161W hospital medical officer grade employed in each region, including teaching hospital staff, and the numbers approved in each region for the purposes of Section 28 of the Mental Health Act, 1959.
§ Mr. PowellThe numbers employed at 1st July, 1959, are as follows:
Region Consultants Senior Hospital Medical Officers Newcastle 32 17 Leeds 36 13 Sheffield 47 33 East Anglia 22 12 North West Metropolitan 109 63 North East Metropolitan 49 35 South East Metropolitan 85 23 South West Metropolitan 86 66 Oxford 21 19 South Western 36 30 Wales 27 18 Birmingham 51 19 Manchester 31 20 Liverpool 27 13 Wessex 22 20 TOTAL 681 401 NOTES: (1) Doctors employed in more than one region are included under each. (2) Doctors holding both consultant and senior hospital medical officer appointments in the same region are shown under consultants only. I regret that the figures requested in the second part of the Question are not collected centrally or regionally.