§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what investigations he intends to carry out into the complaints made by the Nottinghamshire National Health Service Executive Council at a meeting on 20th January, 1972, that the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board has failed to allocate a fair share of the resources available to it to the Nottingham area.
§ Mr. AlisonThere is no need for special investigation. Officers of my Department have been actively associated with the board and the hospital management committees concerned in the development of services. I am satisfied that the area which has received substantial increases of both capital and revenue has been allocated its fair share of the resources available to the board.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many medical consultants for each 100,000 populations are now practising in the area of the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board; how this compares with the national average; and what are the comparable figures for the previous five years.
548Whospitals in the area served by the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board; how this compares with the national average; and what are the comparable figures for the previous five years.
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers on hospital waiting lists per 1,000 population on 31st December, 1970, and the previous five years, were as follows:
§ Mr. AlisonThe numbers at 30th September each year, in terms of whole-time equivalents, were:
Sheffield Region England and Wales 1971 (provisional) 12.4 16.8 1970 12.1 16.3 1969 11.7 15.9 1968 11.6 15.5 1967 11.2 15.3 1966 10.8 14.9 All these figures include teaching hospital staff employed by boards of governors.
§ Mr. Kenneth Clarkeasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what progress has been made by his Department in rectifying the deficiency of funds allocated to the Sheffield Regional Hospital Board in comparison with the national average of funds in relation to populations for all hospital boards.
§ Mr. AlisonUnder the arrangements designed to enable all regions progressively to achieve similar standards of hospital service, the revenue allocation per head of population in the Sheffield Region has increased from 85 per cent. of the average for all regions in 1971–72 to 88 per cent. of the average in 1972–73.