HC Deb 03 July 1961 vol 643 c75W
Sir H. Linstead

asked the Minister of Health the numbers of pharmacists employed in hospitals in the National Health Service in England and Wales for each year, including 1961, since 1948.

Mr. Powell

The numbers of pharmacists—expressed in terms of whole-time equivalents—in the hospital service at the end of each year from 1949 to 1960 were:

1949 1,127
1950 1,176
1951 1,217
1952 1,243
1953 1,242
1954 1,237
1955 1,267
1956 1,305
1957 1,314
1958 1,315
1959 1,348
1960 1,444

No figures are available for 1961.