§ Mr. Hancockasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many speech therapists are currently being trained; how many are in post; and where they are employed.
§ Mr. WhitneyInformation on the numbers currently being trained is not collected by the Department as oversight of training is delegateded to the College of Speech Therapy under the authority of the NHS (Speech Therapists) Amendment Regulations 1985 (SI 1985/47). The numbers in post and their location by Regional Health Authority are shown in the table.
NHS speech therapists*: as at 30 September 1984 (latest date for which figures are available) Number in post Northern regional health authority 120 Yorkshire regional health authority 130 Trent regional health authority 200 East Anglian regional health authority 100 North West Thames regional health authority 180 North East Thames regional health authority 200 South East Thames regional health authority 180 South West Thames regional health authority 150 Wessex regional health authority 100 Oxford regional health authority 110 South Western regional health authority 150 West Midlands regional health authority 210 Mersey regional health authority 90 North Western regional health authority 210 Special health authorities 20 Total England 2,150 * Whole time equivalent, rounded to nearest 10.