§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the most recent figures for the distribution of health manpower in the United Kingdom for each English region, Scotland and Wales as categorised by (a) general medicine practitioners, (b) hospital doctors,(c) general dental practitioners, (d) nurses and midwives and (e) total manpower.
§ Dr. VaughanThe information is set out in the following table:
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Region Expenditure Proportion of Total Expenditure by Regional and Area Health Authorities £ million per cent. Northern 605.25 6.51 Yorkshire 691.52 7.44 Trent 824.77 8.87
Region Expenditure £million Proportion of Total Expenditure by Regional and Area Health Authorities per cent. East Anglia 352.35 3.79 North-West Thames 768.52 8.26 North-East Thames 838.16 9.01 South-East Thames 791.75 8.52 South-West Thames 627.2 6.76 Wessex 500.40 5.38 Oxford 399.18 4.29 South-Western 604.55 6.50 West Midlands 952.12 10.24 Mersey 503.93 5.42 North-Western 837.83 9.01 Total 9,297.53 100.00 Notes:
- 1. The expenditure figures used are taken from the annual accounts submitted by health authorities and include revenue and capital expenditure.
- 2. The figures for the Thames regions are influenced by the payment of London weighting allowance to staff employed in the relevant areas.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the distribution of health expenditure in the Northern region by area health authority and expressed as a percentage of the Northern region total.
§ Dr. VaughanThe figures for 1980–81 are:
Area Health Authority Expenditure£Miilion Proportion of Regional Total Per cent. Cleveland 98.77 16.32 Cumbria 81.54 13.47
Region Hospital Services Community Health Total Expenditure by Expenditure and Family Health Authorities Practitioner £ Expenditure £ £ Northern 123.18 55.90 196.37 Yorkshire 122.44 54.98 193.09 Trent 113.58 53.11 181.06 East Anglia 117.19 54.81 187.34 North West Thames 147.48 58.56 224.19 North East Thames 153.00 55.64 226.88 South East Thames 145.00 58.41 223.09 South West Thames 141.49 58.61 219.42 Wessex 113.50 56.52 185.14 Oxford 103.37 54.16 173.09 South Western 114.85 57.01 187.51 West Midlands 116.19 54.19 184.73 Mersey 134.25 55.46 205.84 North Western 132.48 59.87 209.34 England Total 127.38 56.20 200.09 Scotland 166.92 60.74 247.67 Wales 133.54 62.34 212.75 Notes
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- 1. The expenditure figures used are taken the annual accounts submitted by health authorities and include revenue and capital expenditure.
- 2. Total expenditure is inclusive of the cost of hospital, community health and family practitioner services and also contains expenditure on the provision of ambulance, blood transfusion, mass radiography, various other services and administration.
- 3. The figures for all three countries do not include the cost of certain services provided centrally (for example, by the Dental Estimates Board and the Prescription Pricing Authority).
- 4. The figures for Scotland differ in content in some degree from those for English Regions and Wales because annual accounts are not maintained on exactly the same basis.
- 5.The expenditure incurred by the 12 London Postgraduate Boards of Governors, has not been included.
- 6.The figures for the four Thames regions are influenced by the payment of London Weighting allowance to staff employed in the relevant areas.
- 7.The population figures used are the mid-year estimates of resident population for 1980—the latest available. It is emphasised that these figures make no allowance for people resident in one area who receive treatment in another or for the differences in morbidity and age/sex structure of particular populations.
Area Health Authority Expenditure Proportion of £ Million Regional Total Per cent. Durham 101.59 16.78 Northumberland 55.00 9.09 Gateshead 31.23 5.16 Newcastle Upon Tyne (T) 100.47 16.60 North Tyneside 23.56 3.89 South Tyneside 21.95 3.63 Sunderland 55.37 9.15 Regional Health Authority 35.77 5.91 Total 605.25 100 Notes:
- 1.'T' denotes an Area Health Authority (Teaching). The relative expenditure figures are influenced by additional expenditure on the provision of facilities for the clinical teaching of medical and dental students
- 2. The expenditure figures used are taken from the annual accounts submitted by the health authorities and include revenue and capital expenditure.
- 3. For completeness the expenditure of the Regional Health Authority on its own account has also been shown.
§ Mr. Fosterasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the most recent figures for the distribution of health expenditure in the United Kingdom for each English region, Scotland and Wales expressed in per capita terms and categorised according to (a) hospital services expenditure, (b) community health and family practitioners services expenditure and (c) total expenditure
§ Dr. VaughanThe figures for 1980–81 are:
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