HC Deb 19 December 1985 vol 89 cc322-3W
Mr Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how hospital waiting lists in (a) Amber Valley and (b) Derbyshire for 1985 compare with those for 1979.

Mr Whitney

On 31 March 1985, the latest date for which information is available centrally, there were 9,810 hospital inpatient waiting list cases in north and southern Derbyshire district health authorities. The corresponding figure on 31 March 1979 was 10,952. Waiting list information is not available centrally by parliamentary constituency. My hon. Friend may wish to write to the chairman of the southern Derbyshire district health authority which may be able to provide information relating to Amber Valley.

Mr. Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what has been the change in the number of doctors, nurses and midwives in (a) Amber Valley and (b) Derbyshire between 1979 and 1985.

Mr. Hayhoe

Figures for Amber Valley are not centrally available. To obtain information to this level of detail the hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of the south Derbyshire district health authority.

In my reply to my hon. Friend on 13 November, at column 208, I provided figures for doctors, nurses and midwives in Derbyshire for 30 September 1979, 1981 and 1984. The September 1984 figures are the latest available to this level of detail. However, a figure for nurses and midwives combined is available for June 1985. The table shows the changes.

NHS Staff in Derbyshire†‡ Whole Time Equivalent‡.
Change
1979 to 1984 (September 30) September 1979 to June 1985
Doctors¶—excluding consultants and senior registrars 30 *
Nursing staff[...] 540 *
Midwifery staff[...] 10 *
Total nursing and midwifery staff[...] 550 590
Total doctors,¶ nursing and midwifery staff 580 *

Notes:

* Not available.

† Staff in health authorities covering the county of Derbyshire.

‡ Figures are whole-time equivalent rounded to nearest 10 (Ten). Change is calculated from un-rounded figures.

[...] In 1980 the working week for nursing and midwifery staff is directly attributable to this change.

¼ Includes hospital practitioners, paragraph 94 appointments and locums.

Mr. Phillip Oppenheim

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many new hospitals have been built in (a) Amber Valley, (b) Derbyshire and (c) the east midlands since 1979.

Mr. Whitney

Hospital building schemes completed since 1979 are as follows:

  1. (a) Amber Valley
  2. Nil
  3. (b) Derbyshire
  4. Chesterfield DGH/Phase 1
  5. (c) East Midlands
  6. Glenfield DGH/Phase 1
  7. Kilton (Bassetlaw) DGH/Phase 1
  8. Leicester General/Mental Illness Unit
  9. Leicester Royal Infirmary/Phase 3
  10. Lincoln County/Phase 1
  11. Queens Medical Centre Nottingham/Phase 2