§ Mr. Aitkenasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of health service employees in the Thanet area, as a percentage of the population, in the following categories; hospital con
Staff per 10,000 population England Canterbury/Thanet Hospital medical and dental consultant staff 2.1 2.1 Hospital medical and dental other staff 3.6 3.3 Hospital nurses and midwives 58.6 76.4 Non-hospital nurses and midwives (including school health service staff) 6.9 5.70 Comparative figures for hospital nurses are normally related to staffed available beds which are not always consistent with district population figures.
670Wsultants, hospital doctors, hospital nurses, non-hospital nurses, including those employed in the School Health Service; and how this compares with the national average.
§ Dr. OwenFollowing are the figures, at 30th September 1974, in terms of whole-time equivalents:
I regret that the information on expenditure given in my reply to the hon. Member on 28th January was incorrect. It should be as follows:
671WThe provisional figures for Canterbury were:
Expenditure Per head of Population Health District England £ £ £ Revenue … … … … 15,847,929 57.65 50.60 Capital … … … … 886,000 3.22 5.76 Total … … … … 16,733,929 60.87 56.36