§ Mr. Carter-Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the establishment figures as well as the actual figures of qualified health visitors for each area health authority; if he is satisfied with each establishment; if he will indicate any help or advice he is giving to overcome any shortfall; and if he will make a statement.
§ Sir George YoungIt is for health authorities themselves to determine their establishments for health visitors, taking into account local needs and financial and manpower constraints, and this information is not collected centrally. The number of health visitors (whole-time equivalent) employed by each area health authority on 30 September 1979 is shown below.
I am concerned that there is still such considerable variation between health authorities in the rates of health visitors to population. We have made it clear that health authorities should continue to increase the number of health visitors they employ, but the precise rate of increase must be left for individual health authorities to determine in the light of their own circumstances.
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Health Visitors Employed—30 September 1979 Area Cleveland Area Health Authority 86.3 Cumbria Area Health Authority 96.4 386W
Area Durham Area Health Authority 102.0 Northumberland Area Health Authority 62.3 Gateshead Area Health Authority 41.8 Newcastle upon Tyne Area Health Authority (T) 51.9 North Tyneside Area Health Authority 36.5 South Tyneside Area Health Authority 26.7 Sunderland Area Health Authority 55.2 Humberside Area Health Authority 139.4 North Yorkshire Area Health Authority 114.4 Bradford Area Health Authority 109.6 Calderdale Area Health Authority 33.9 Kirklees Area Health Authority 86.1 Leeds Area Health Authority 126.5 Wakefield Area Health Authority 61.7 Derbyshire Area Health Authority 155.2 Leicestershire Area Health Authority (T) 155.2 Lincolnshire Area Health Authority 86.4 Nottinghamshire Area Health Authority (T) 153.9 Barnsley Area Health Authority 47.8 Doncaster Area Health Authority 48.2 Rotherham Area Health Authority 37.5 Sheffield Area Health Authority 91.2 Cambridgeshire Area Health Authority (T) 108.5 Norfolk Area Health Authority 120.1 Suffolk Area Health Authority 82.2 Bedfordshire Area Health Authority 102.2 Hertfordshire Area Health Authority 167.7 Bamet Area Health Authority 61.0 Brent and Harrow Area Health Authority 92.3 Ealing/Hammersmith/Hounslow Area Health Authority (T) 136.1 Hillingdon Area Health Authority 42.5 Kensington/Chelsea/Westminster Area Health Authority (T) 83.1 Essex Area Health Authority 222.9 Barking and Havering Area Health Authority 55.6 Camden and Islington Area Health Authority (T) 72.6 City and East London Area Health Authority (T) 118.2 Enfield and Haringey Area Health Authority 65.6 Redbridge and Waltham Forest Area Health Authority 60.4 East Sussex Area Health Authority 150.1 Kent Area Health Authority 246.9 Greenwich/Bexley Area Health Authority 91.6 Bromley Area Health Authority 54.3 Lambeth/Southwark/Lewisham Area Health Authority (T) 166.9 Surrey Area Health Authority 268.9 West Sussex Area Health Authority 129.9 Croydon Area Health Authority 53.5 Kingston/Richmond Area Health Authority 84.0 Merton/Sutton/Wandworth Area Health Authority (T) 137.1 Dorset Area Health Authority 105.3 Hampshire Area Health Authority (T) 255.2 Wiltshire Area Health Authority 145.5 Isle of Wight Area Health Authority 19.3 Berkshire Area Health Authority 155.7 Buckinghamshire Area Health Authority 123.3 Northamptonshire Area Health Authority 125.2 Oxfordshire Area Health Authority (T) 122.2 Avon Area Health Authority (T) 165.5 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly Area Health Authority 67.1 Devon Area Health Authority 161.4 Gloucestershire Area Health Authority 106.9 Somerset Area Health Authority 93.4 Hereford and Worcester Area Health Authority 142.8 Salop Area Health Authority 72.9 Staffordshire Area Health Authority 191.4 Warwickshire Area Health Authority 104.3 Birmingham Area Health Authority (T) 160.1 Coventry Area Health Authority 64.5 Dudley Area Health Authority 54.0 Sandwell Area Health Authority 61.8 Solihull Area Health Authority 33.2 Walsall Area Health Authority 51.9 Wolverhampton Area Health Authority 44.0 Cheshire Area Health Authority 157.0 Liverpool Area Health Authority (T) 103.4 St. Helens and Knowsley Area Health Authority 80.7 Sefton Area Health Authority 72.6 Wirral Area Health Authority 73.5
Area Lancashire Area Health Authority 316.3 Bolton Area Health Authority 64.5 Bury Area Health Authority 36.2 Manchester Area Health Authority (T) 92.1 Oldham Area Health Authority 55.8 Rochdale Area Health Authority 56.2 Salford Area Health Authority 49.0 Stockport Area Health Authority 68.0 Tameside Area Health Authority 40.0 Trafford Area Health Authority 62.6 Wigan Area Health Authority 74.4