§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what representations he and his advisers have received from the Chartered Society of Physiotherapy and other paramedical professional organisations about the pay structure and career prospects available to such professional people in the National Health Service.
§ Mr. AlisonI have received many representations. Pay and grading structures for physiotherapists and other professions employed in the National Health Service are, of course, matters for the Whitley Council in the first place. The last general settlement for the groups in question, approved by the Pay Board, was effective from 1st April 1973.
§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT the details of establishments and shortfalls, for each regional hospital board area, of physiotherapists, occupational therapists, 61W speech therapists, remedial gymnasts and radiographers.
§ Mr. AlisonAs at 30th September 1972, the latest date for which compre-
Numbers (whole-time equivalents) Hospital Region Physiotherapists Occupational Therapists Speech Therapists Remedial Gymnasts Radiographers Newcastle … … … … 195 55 8 14 297 Leeds … … … … 255 84 17 36 323 Sheffield … … … … 262 107 17 36 323 East Anglia … … … 137 65 5 7 150 North West Metropolitan* … 326 167 19 18 309 North East Metropolitan* … 234 118 12 14 263 South East Metroplitan* … 319 122 15 14 273 South West Metropolitan* … 348 141 17 6 241 London Teaching Hospital … 585 163 28 11 614 Oxford … … … … 223 117 21 13 180 South Western … … … 366 124 8 8 363 Birmingham … … … 419 134 16 9 462 Manchester … … … 367 97 16 10 474 Liverpool … … … … 166 85 9 6 298 Wessex … … … … 206 90 5 4 207 * Excluding Teaching Hospitals. In the absence of generally accepted staffing standards, need is difficult to quantify and no comprehensive central record is maintained of the extent to which numbers of staff in post fall short of the numbers which individual authorities would like to employ, but I am aware that many authorities would like to employ more staff in the above professions.