§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the number of radiographers at present employed in each regional health authority and the number of unfilled vacancies in each of these areas;
(2) if she will publish in the OFFICIAL REPORT a table indicating the number of physiotherapists employed in each regional health authority and the number of unfilled vacancies in each area;
(3) if she will publish a table in the OFFICIAL REPORT showing the number of speech therapists at present employed in each regional health authority and the number of unfilled vacancies in each of these areas.
§ Dr. OwenInformation in respect of regional health authority regions is not yet available. The number—whole-time equivalent—employed in the former hospital service in each of the regional hospital board regions as at 30th September 1973 is set out below. In the absence of generally accepted standards staffing levels are matters for individual employing authorities and no central record of establishments is maintained, but a detailed survey of radiographers carried out in 1972 showed the additional number said to be required at 1st April 1972 and these are also shown below.
Department; and if she will list any which she proposes to postpone in view of the current economic situation.
§ Dr. OwenSchemes in progress at 1st April 1974 with a total cost of £2 million or more and requiring £0.5 million or 219W more in 1974–75 are listed in Supply Estimates 1974–75 (House of Commons Paper Class XI Vote 1 Appendix III). Contracts for schemes costing £2 million or more let since then are as follows:
- Sunderland General Hospital Scheme I phase II.
- St. James' Hospital, Leeds Phase III.
- Whitby new Hospital.
- Kings Lynn Hospital Phase II c.
- William Harvey Hospital, Ashford Phase I.
- St. Peter's Hospital, Chertsey Phase III departmental block.
- Royal Victoria Infirmary Newcastle Phase I, dental hospital and school.
- St. George's Hospital, London Hospital and Medical School Phase I contract II.
I have no plans to postpone or cancel any of these schemes.