§ Mr. Roweaskedthe Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give details of the latest revenue allocations, activity and staffing figures for Yorkshire regional health authority, and comparable figures for 1978–79.
§ Mr. HayhoeSince 1978–79 there have been considerable improvements in the provision of health care in Yorkshire regional health authority. This has been funded by real growth in resource allocation and by health authorities continuing cost improvement programmes. Key figures are given in the table.
revenue allocations, activity and staffing figures for Trent regional health authority, and comparable figures for 1978–79.
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§ Mr. HayhoeSince 1978–79 there have been considerable improvements in the provision of health care in Trent regional health authority. This has been funded
1978–79 1986–87 Increase Real per cent, increase £ million £ million £ million Expenditure Revenue Cash Allocation 365.9 906.7 540.8 28
Activity 1978 1984 Increase Per cent. In-patient cases 461,229 557,930 96,701 21 Day cases 42,083 80,159 38,076 90.5 Outpatient cases 2,798,506 3,233,624 435,118 15.5 Kidney treatment all cases (end stage renal failure) 435 958 523 120.2 Geriatric Inpatients 25,411 36,420 11,009 43.3
Manpower 1978 September 1985 (provisional) Increase Per cent, increase Nurses and Midwives† (including agency staff) 30,520 *36,670 6,150 20.1 Doctors† 2,851 3,606 755 26.5 Dentist‡ Professions Allied to Medicine‡ 1,930 3,040 1,110 57.4 The number of independent contractors providing primary health care services in the Region has also increased. General Practitioners 2,818 3,340 522 18.5 General Dental Practitioners 865 1,087 222 25.7 * Contract hours reduced from 40 to 37 ½ per week in 1980. † Indicates figures are whole time equivalents. ‡ All figures whole time equivalents rounded to the nearest ten. The 1978 figure is as close as possible to the current definition of PAM staff but may differ slightly since this category did not exist in 1973.