§ Mrs. Kellett-Bowmanasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if there has been any improvement in the
Mental Handicap Hospitals and Units England Reported number* of whole-time equipment staff at 30 September 1972 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 Consultant Psychiatrists† 142 146 159 167 167 172 177 170 174 181 Qualified Nurses‡ (Registered and Enrolled) 9,234 9,393 9,472 9,932 10,507 10,702 11,007 10,955 11,478 11,798 Other Nurses‡ 10,267 10,803 11,553 13,291 13,227 13,813 14,252 14,566 15,923 17,413 Clinical Psychologists 80 83 96 102 111 122 136 142 164 173 Speech Therapists 25 20 22 23 31 32 38 45 44 59 Qualified Physiotherapists 56 57 72 78 91 103 108 125 136 142 Qualified Occupational Therapists 85 91 78 98 105 113 121 135 141 149 * Not all hospitals and units have supplied every item for every year and the numbers are thought to understate the true totals by between 1 and 5 per cent, in most cases. † Consultants in mental illness, mental illness children and adolescents, and mental handicap. ‡ The increase in numbers of nurses (whole-time equivalents) between 1979 and 1981 is due partly to a reduction in standards working hours.