HC Deb 05 December 1966 vol 737 c180W
Mr. Braine

asked the Minister of Health how many maxillo-facial technicians and dental technicians employed on the maxillo-facial technician salary, respectively, scale are employed in each hospital board region.

Mr. K. Robinson

Dental technicians who undertake certain duties defined in the Whitley agreement may be graded as maxillo-facial technicians and the following table gives the numbers so graded at 31st March, 1966. Hospital authorities have been asked to ensure that technicians are correctly graded.

Region Maxillo-facial Technicians
Newcastle 10
Leeds 1
Sheffield 15
East Anglian 6
North West Metropolitan 34
North East Metropolitan 6
South East Metropolitan 12
South West Metropolitan 13
Oxford 9
South Western 4
Welsh 5
Birmingham 23
Manchester 10
Liverpool 11
Wessex 11