§ Mr. PikeTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will publish the levels of staff employed in the Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale Health Authority Area working with(a) mentally handicapped and (b) mentally ill patients for each year from 1979 to 1987, inclusive.
§ Mrs. CurrieInformation held centrally is as follows:
Medical and Nursing Staff employed in Mental Illness and Mental Handicap, areas of work Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale district health authority at 30 September of each year1 whole-time equivalents2 Year Mental illness Mental handicap 1982 200 737 1983 221 730 1984 224 745 1985 219 831 1986 230 844 Source: DHSS Annual Censuses of NHS Medical and Non-Medical Manpower. 1 Includes medical permanent paid and honorary staff. Excludes locums. Excludes consultants and senior registrars whose contracts arc held by the Regional Health Authority. Excludes agency nursing and midwifery staff. 2 All figures are individually rounded to the nearest (10) ten whole-time equivalents.