§ Mr. Jim Spicerasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he can give the total figures and the proportions of the population they represent for the number of males and females (a) of retiring age and over and (b) of 80 years of age and over in the latest year for which figures are available, for 1962 and 1945.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe information requested is as follows:
terms of whole time equivalents per 1,000 population in each of the health regions; what are the reasons for the differences; and what action is being taken to reduce disparities.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergFigures covering rheumatology and rehabilitation are set out as follows.
543WDifferences between regions are due to such factors as:
- i. different approaches to meeting the service need;
- ii. within broad national guidelines, different perceptions of the relative priority to be given to this, over other, service needs;
Hospital Medical Consultants and Senior Registrars in Post in Rheumatology and Rehabilitation at 30 September 1981 Region Consultant Senior Registrar Number Whole time Whole time per 1,000* population Number Whole time Whole time per 1,000* population Northern 14 13.5 0.0044 3 2.5 0.0008 Yorkshire 7 5.1 0.0014 2 2.0 0.0006 Trent 16 14.1 0.0031 4 3.6 0.0008 East Anglia 11 10.5 0.0056 4 2.2 0.0012 North West Thames 30 21.9 0.0064 17 14.7 0.0043 North East Thames 34 27.3 0.0074 9 8.6 0.0023 South East Thames 25 24.2 0.0068 7 5.2 0.0015 South West Thames 18 16.1 0.0056 4 4.0 0.0014 Wessex 21 20.0 0.0074 4 4.0 0.0015 Oxford 16 14.6 0.0063 5 4.1 0.0018 South Western 6 3.6 0.0011 1 1.0 0.0003 West Midlands 5 4.4 0.0009 3 3.0 0.0006 Mersey 4 4.0 0.0016 — — — North Western 20 16.7 0.0042 6 5.3 0.0013 London Postgraduate Teaching Hospitals 6 2.3 .. 3 2.8 .. Total 233 198.2 0.0043 72 63.0 0.0014 * Based on mid-1980 estimates.