§ Mr. Strangasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will estimate the numbers of (a) consultant psychiatrists, (b) qualified nurses, (c) other nurses, (d) clinical psychologists, (e) speech therapists, (f) physiotherapists and (g) occupational therapists, in mental handicap hospitals in England in each of the past 10 years.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe available information is given in the following table. Figures for 1982 are not yet available.
planning services to meet local needs within the resources available to them. I refer my hon. Friend to my right hon. Friend's reply to my hon. Friend the Member for Rugby (Mr. Pawsey) on 1 December 1982 — [Vol. 33, c. 215–16] — which sets out action we are taking to improve services nationally.