§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give, for each year since 1970 and for each health authority, the total number of consultants holding (a) full-time, (b) maximum part-time, (c) other part-time and (d) honorary contracts.
*Numbers of consultants Clwyd Dyfed/East dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan †Pembs 1980: Full-time 64 57 50 34 73 10 76 57 .. Maximum part-time 27 14 41 15 28 3 46 37 .. Other part-time 3 — 1 1 — 3 1 1 .. Honorary 2 1 — — 1 1 75 2 .. 1981: Full-time 67 61 55 35 74 7 83 58 .. Maximum part-time 25 12 40 15 26 5 44 37 .. Other part-time 4 — 2 1 — 3 1 — .. Honorary 2 — — — 1 1 82 1 .. 1982: Full-time 67 51 60 36 82 8 90 62 16 Maximum part-time 26 9 38 15 25 4 43 37 2 Other part-time 5 1 2 1 — 2 1 1 — Honorary 2 — — — 1 1 83 — — 1983: Full-time 77 57 70 36 88 8 91 64 14 Maximum part-time 26 6 38 16 24 6 42 38 2 Other part-time 6 1 2 1 — 1 2 — — Honorary 2 — — — 1 1 82 — — 1984: Full-time 75 59 69 37 93 8 97 66 19 Maximum part-time 16 8 37 23 25 7 38 35 2 Other part-time 9 1 4 1 — 1 2 — — Honorary 1 — — — 2 1 84 1 — * Including all medical and dental consultants in the hospital and community service. Consultants who work for more than one authority are included only in the figures for the authority in which the majority of their sessions are worked. † Pembrokeshire figures are included with Dyfed prior to 1982.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give, for each year since 1979 and for each health authority, the income from (a) private resident patients and (b) private non-resident patients.
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(a) Income from private resident patients 1979–80 £000s 1980–81 £000s 1981–82 £000s 1982–83 £000s 1983–84 £000s 1984–85 £000s Clwyd 114 162 184 132 224 251 East Dyfed* 60 107 112 103 85 130 Pembrokeshire* 36 38 47 Gwent 3 2 1 — — — Gwynedd 68 96 96 93 103 92 Mid Glamorgan 11 12 20 9 25 11 Powys — — — — — — South Glamorgan 41 26 17 26 19 22 West Glamorgan 7 11 21 19 32 33 Wales 304 416 451 418 526 586
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information for 1980–84 is given below. Comparable figures for earlier years can be obtained only at a disproportionate cost.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:—
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(b) Income from private non-resident patients 1979–80 £000s 1980–81 £000s 1981–82 £000s 1982–83 £000s 1983–84 £000s 1984–85 £000s Clwyd 6 8 18 24 28 54 East Dyfed* 3 4 5 4 6 9 Pembrokeshire* 4 8 12 Gwent — — — — — 7 Gwynedd 2 3 4 5 3 6 Mid Glamorgan 1 2 2 2 5 10 Powys — — — — — — South Glamorgan 1 — 1 4 7 23 West Glamorgan 6 8 13 16 15 26 Wales 19 25 43 59 72 147 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.
* Prior to 1982–83 the Dyfed area health authority covered the whole county.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list, for each year since 1979, the health authorities in Wales for which statutory auditors have issued reports of poor control over private patient in-care.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe health authorities concerned are as follows:
1980 1981–83 1984 1985 — — Clwyd Clwyd — — East Dyfed East Dyfed — — Gwent Gwent — — Gwynedd Gwynedd — — Mid Glamorgan Mid Glamorgan — — Pembrokeshire Pembrokeshire — — Powys — South Glamorgan — South Glamorgan South Glamorgan — — West Glamorgan —
Expenditure on contractual arrangements for patient care £000s 1979–80 1980–81 1981–82 1982–83 1983–84 1984–85 Clwyd 20 26 83 60 42 19 East Dyfed — — — — — — Pembrokeshire — — — 72 — 2 Gwent 5 3 — — 28 26 Gwynedd — — — — — — Mid Glamorgan 32 43 36 40 22 12 Powys 31 34 8 — — — South Glamorgan 2 2 2 4 4 48 West Glamorgan 8 20 21 27 29 18 Wales 98 128 150 203 125 125 Source: The annual accounts of health authorities.
Note: Prior to 1982–83 the Dyfed area health authority covered the whole county.
§ Mr. Barry Jonesasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many (a) health visitors, (b) community nurses, and (c) physiotherapists have been employed in each Welsh health authority for each of the years 1979 to 1985, inclusive.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonInformation* for 1979–84 is given below; corresponding figures for 1985 are not yet available.
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Year Health visitors Community nurses† Physiotherapists 1979 517 1,882 354 1980 536 1,997 369 1981 553 2,014 357 Notes:
1. The NHS auditor for Wales was directed, in 1984, to conduct an all-Wales review of the management of private medical practice arising from concern regarding the management of private medical practice at Prince Charles hospital, Merthyr Tydfil (and at Good Hope hospital, Sutton Coldfield).
2. The 1985 auditors reports have not yet been circulated to health authorities.
§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give, for each health authority and for Wales as a whole, the expenditure on contractual arrangements for patient care in each year since 1979.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe information requested is as follows:
Year Health visitors Community nurses† Physiotherapists 1982 575 2,075 356 1983 579 1,982 424 1984 587 2,106 441 * Whole-time equivalent at 30 September. † Excluding health visitors and school health service.