§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) what total sums were spent in the NHS in each of the last two years on (a) contractual and (b) non-contractual NHS chiropody services by each regional health authority, together with the retirement populations of the region concerned, in each of the last two years;
(2) what are the present levels of cost of (a) surgery and (b) domiciliary chiropody treatment per person compared with costs in each of the last two years by regional health authority;
(3) how many AHA clinics for chiropody exist now and in each of the last two years for each region of the Health Service;
(4) for each AHA chiropody clinic by region, who carry out health service treatments, and how many have premises or equipment provided for out of the Health
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Region School children Persons aged 65 and over Physically handicapped Others Total Northern … … 1,289 86,523 2,170 2,410 92,392 Yorkshire … … 6,243 108,926 1,750 450 107,188 Trent … … 1,754 103,234 2,445 112 117,726 East Anglia … … 154 36,899 1,070 12 38,135 NW Thames … … 2,046 77,697 1,187 1,493 82,423 NE Thames … … 3,238 85,922 1,523 1,655 92,338 SE Thames … … 2,125 94,397 933 1,294 98,749 SW Thames … … 934 84,194 1,341 446 86,915 Wessex … … 641 42,398 928 993 44,960 Oxford … … 8,416 39,155 1,077 295 48,943 S Western … … 2,360 67,618 1,207 1,255 72,440 W Midlands … … 17,258 90,773 2,515 744 111,290 Mersey … … 2,031 54,158 1,676 795 58,660 N Western … … 13,653 121,677 2,182 218 137,730 England Totals … … 62,142 1,093,571 22,004 12,172 1,189,889 Service funds in each of the last two years.
§ Mr. DeakinsI regret that this information is not available centrally in the form requested. My Department is currently reviewing the information to be collected from area health authorities on chiropody services.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many full-time equivalent State registered (a) contractual and (b) non-contractual chiropodists are employed in each health region in each of the last two years; and what is their average annual renumeration from the NHS resources;
(2) how many State registered chiropodists now work in AHA clinics in each regional health authority; and how many there were in each of the last two years.
§ Mr. DeakinsRelevant statistics will be available very shortly, and I shall publish replies in theOfficial Report as soon as possible.
§ Mrs. Chalkerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what proportion of total chiropody treatments carried out per annum in each regional health authority are (a) on children of school age, (b) on children under school age, (c) on retired persons and (d) on handicapped persons.
§ Mr. DeakinsInformation about the total number of treatments is not available. The numbers of school children. the elderly and physically handicapped persons receiving chiropody treatment in each region in 1975 were as follows: