§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the provi- 76W sion of treatment equipment for cancer radiotherapy in relation to population at risk in the area of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board compared with other hospital board areas.
§ Mr. AlisonThe figures for megovoltage equipment of all types are as follows; other radiotherapy equipment is not recorded centrally:
Population (Millions) Megavoltage Equipments (Number of Units) Birmingham 5.2 7 Newcastle 3.1 7 Leeds 3.2 6 Sheffield 4.6 11 East Anglian 1.8 6 Oxford 2.0 6 South Western 3.1 10 Manchester 4.6 4 Liverpool 2.3 4 Wessex 2.0 7 Metropolitan Regions 14.4 50
§ Mr. Leslie Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what plans he has for an increase in consultant radiotherapists and treatment equipment for cancer radiotherapy in the area of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board.
§ Mr. AlisonTwo additional consultant posts are under consideration; two additional units of megavoltage equipment have been approved.
§ Mr. Huckfieldasked the Secretary of State for Social Services whether he will make a statement on the ratio of consultant radiotherapists to population in the area of the Birmingham Regional Hospital Board in comparison to other hospital board areas.
§ Mr. AlisonThe provisional figures, in whole-time equivalents per million population for the year ended 30th September, 1971, are as follows:
Region Birmingham 2.4 Newcastle 2.5 Leeds 2.9 Sheffield 2.7 East Anglian 3.3 Oxford 3.1 South Western 3.5 Manchester 2.5 Liverpool 3.9 Wessex 3.5 Metropolitan Regions 4.0