§ Mr. Freudasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in respect of each English district health authority the ratio of (a) chiropodists and (b) speech therapists per head of population in 1980 and at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 22 January 1987, c. 716]: Information is not held centrally in the form requested and would be disproportionately expensive to obtain. Figures available in respect of regional health authorities in England are given in the tables.
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1980 1985 NHS Speech Therapists Per 100,000 Population 1 by Regional Health Authority England2 3.5 4.9 Northern RHA 2.5 4.1 Yorkshire RHA 3.1 4.0 Trent RHA 3.2 4.8 East Anglian RHA 3.9 5.0 North West Thames RHA 4.3 5.4 North East Thames RHA 4.0 5.9 South East Thames RHA 4.0 5.1 South West Thames RHA 4.2 5.2 Wessex RHA 2.1 4.3 Oxford RHA 3.9 5.3 South Western RHA 3.6 5.1 West Midlands RHA 2.9 4.6 Mersey RHA 2.6 4.3 North Western RHA 3.9 5.4
1980 1985 NHS Chiropodists Per 100,000 Population 1 by Regional Health Authority England2 4.4 5.0 Northern RHA 3.7 4.4 Yorkshire RHA 4.3 4.9 Trent RHA 3.3 4.5 East Anglian RHA 4.8 4.5 North West Thames RHA 5.1 5.1 North East Thames RHA 3.9 4.4 South East Thames RHA 5.3 5.3 South West Thames RHA 5.3 5.2 Wessex RHA 3.3 3.8 Oxford RHA 4.5 4.4 South Western RHA 4.6 4.9 West Midlands RHA 3.2 4.5 Mersey RHA 3.9 4.7 North Western RHA 6.6 8.6 Notes: 1 Manpower figures used are whole-time equivalents at 30 September each year. Tutorial staff are excluded. Population figures used are mid-year estimates. 2 Includes Special Health Authorities for the London Post-Graduate Teaching Hospitals. Source:
- DHSS Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.
- OPCS Mid-Year Population Estimates.