HC Deb 02 December 1985 vol 88 cc137-40W
Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the total number of National Health Service patients awaiting treatment by occupational therapists for 1 January 1985 and 1 January 1984.

Mr. Whitney

I regret that the information requested is not available centrally.

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of occupational therapists employed by each health authority for 1 January 1985 and 1 January 1984.

Mr. Whitney

Information is collected centrally only at 30 September. The table gives the number of occupational therapists employed by each regional health authority in England at 30 September 1983 and 1984, the most recent information available.

National Health Service staff*—at 30 September Occupational therapists Fourteen English regions and London post-graduate hospitals SHA's Whole time equivalent
Region 1983 1984
Northern RHA 130 130
Yorkshire RHA 220 240
Trent RHA 350 370
East Anglian RHA 180 200
North West Thames RHA 260 290
North East Thames RHA 310 300
South East Thames RHA 240 260
South West Thames RHA 250 250
Wessex RHA 220 240
Oxford RHA 240 240
South Western RHA 280 300
West Midlands RHA 270 290
Mersey RHA 160 180
North Western RHA 260 270
London post-graduate hospital SHA's 10 50
Total† 3,380 3,610
* Figures are whole time equivalent rounded to nearest 10. Because of rounding the sum of the component parts may not agree with the total.
† Total is for 14 English regions and London post-graduate hospital SHA's.

Mr. Corbyn

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of occupational therapists employed by each local authority social services department on 1 January 1985 and 1 January 1984.

Mr. Whitney

Information is not available in precisely the form requested. The available data on qualified occupational therapists are given in the table.

Number of occupational therapists (expressed in whole-time equivalents) employed by social services departments ENGLAND
As at 30 September
1983 1984
Cleveland
Cumbria
Durham 10.3 8.5
Northumberland 3.0 3.8
Gateshead
Newcastle upon Tyne 7.0 7.0
North Tyneside 5.0 5.0
South Tyneside 2.0 1.0
Sunderland 7.0 6.0
Humberside 3.0 1.0
North Yorkshire 9.0 8.0
Barnsley
Doncaster
Rotherham
Sheffield 7.0 6.2
Bradford 8.5 9.5
Calderdale 4.0 3.0
Kirklees
Leeds 1.0 1.0
Wakefield
Cheshire 23.4 26.7
Lancashire
Bolton
Bury
Manchester 4.0 4.0
Oldham
Rochdale 8.5 9.7
Salford 2.0 2.0
Stockport 3.7 *3.7

As at 30 September
1983 1984
Tameside 3.8
Trafford 0.2 0.2
Wigan 3.5 3.5
Knowsley 3.0 4.0
Liverpool 23.5 17.0
Sefton 4.5 6.0
St. Helens 3.0 3.7
Wirral 2.4 3.0
Hereford and Worcester
Salop 5.0 5.0
Staffordshire;||
Warwickshire 14.0 12.5
Birmingham 19.5 19.7
Coventry 7.0 5.5
Dudley 6.0 6.0
Sandwell 1.5 1.5
Solihull 2.0 3.0
Walsall 2.0 3.0
Wolverhampton† 2.0
Derbyshire 22.5 39.5
Leicestershirell|| 12.3 12.3
Lincolnshire 4.5 7.5
Northamptonshire
Nottinghamshire 26.6 25.6
Bedfordshire
Berkshire 31.9 30.8
Buckinghamshire
Cambridgeshire 10.0 9.7
Essex‡ 11.5 11.5
Hertfordshire 46.6 41.6
Norfolk 15.6 12.8
Oxfordshire 3.2 3.2
Suffolk 9.5 12.0
Camden 13.0 12.5
Greenwich 6.0 9.0
Hackney 4.0 3.0
Hammersmith 9.2 12.0
Islington 6.0 6.0
Kensington 5.5 7.0
Lambeth 10.0 *10.0
Lewisham 11.0 11.4
Southwark 9.0
Tower Hamlets 4.0 5.0
Wandsworth 6.5 8.6
Westminster 15.0 14.0
City of London 1.0 1.0
Barking 1.0 1.0
Barnet 12.6 13.3
Bexley 1.0 1.0
Brent 15.5 21.0
Bromley 9.5 6.0
Croydon

Numbers and notification rates of all tuberculosis by Standard Region 1980 to 1984 England and Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland
1980 1981 1982 1983 1984
Standard Region No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate No. Rate
North 486 15.80 428 13.70 336 10.80 342 11.00 300 9.70
Yorks and Humberside 884 18.10 745 15.20 758 15.40 669 13.60 580 11.80
East Midlands 625 16.50 587 15.30 522 13.60 478 12.40 472 12.20
East Anglia 146 7.76 114 6.02 96 5.01 106 5.51 95 4.90
South East 3,767 22.30 3,365 19.80 2,952 17.40 2,746 16.10 2,483 14.50
South West 355 8.17 394 9.03 308 7.01 251 5.67 261 5.85
West Midland 1,164 22.60 1,022 19.70 1,045 20.20 900 17.40 848 16.40
North Western 1,325 20.50 1,148 17.80 1,066 16.60 1,009 15.70 794 12.40
Wales 390 14.00 325 11.60 323 11.50 299 10.60 308 11.00
Scotland 1,138 22.10 972 18.80 902 17.50 829 16.10 741 14.40
Northern Ireland 205 13.20 190 12.10 140 8.93 163 10.40 161 10.20
England and Wales 9,142 18.40 8,128 16.40 7,406 14.90 6,800 13.70 6,141 12.30
*Rates per 100,000 population.

As at 30 September
1983 1984
Ealing 9.0 9.0
Enfield 3.0 4.0
Haringey 10.5 11.5
Harrow 8.1 11.1
Havering 1.0 1.0
Hillingdon 15.6 14.7
Hounslow 7.0
Kingston-upon-Thames¶ 7.0 7.0
Merton 11.0 11.0
Newham 3.0 6.0
Redbridge 3.9
Richmond-upon-Thames 4.5 4.5
Sutton 3.0 4.5
Waltham Forest 7.5 8.9
Dorset 11.1 12.9
Hampshire 34.0 26.7
Isle of Wight 2.0 3.0
Kent 15.5 25.2
Surrey† 12.7 12.7
East Sussex 12.5 17.8
West Sussex
Wiltshire 12.6 14.4
Avon 17.1 25.9
Cornwall 14.0 15.0
Devon 55.4 64.0
Gloucestershire 20.2 18.4
Isles of Scilly
Somerset 10.0 10.0
ENGLAND 850.7 893.0
* 1983 figures.
† 1982 figures.
‡ 1981 figures.
|1980 figures.
¶ 1978 figures.

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