HC Deb 11 June 1975 vol 893 c211W
Mr. Stonehouse

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will conduct an official inquiry into the staffing of hospitals in the West Midlands with a high proportion of medical staff who are not proficient in English and who have received training outside the United Kingdom to standards which are not equal to those applying in Great Britain and the effect this problem is having on medical services; and if she will make a statement on the measures she is currently

1969 1970 1971 1972 1973
Alcoholism 118 128 150 176 257
Alcoholic psychosis 6 2 5 1 6
Cirrhosis of liver, alcoholic* 176 167 190 204 331
Toxic effect of alcohol† 26 41 61 48 58
* Great Britain only.
† England and Wales only.

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