HC Deb 17 February 1988 vol 127 cc640-7W
Mr. Corbyn

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list by district health authority(a) the establishment figure of medical laboratory scientific officers for each year since 1979, (b) the number in post for each year since 1979, and (c) the number who have left the National Health Service in the last year.

Mr. Newton

[pursuant to his reply, 2 February 1988 c. 591]: Establishment figures (a) and numbers of MLSOs leaving (c) are not available centrally. The table shows the number of medical laboratory scientific officers (including unqualified grades) employed by each district health authority at 30 September for the years 1982–1986. Comparable figures for 1979, 1980 and 1981 are not available.

Health Authorities 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Grimsby 47 50 52 55 52
Scunthorpe 32 34 36 39 41
Northallerton 19 19 20 19 18
York 57 58 59 59 59
Scarborough 31 29 32 32 31
Harrogate 32 32 31 32 32
Bradford 93 88 92 93 89
Airedale 39 38 38 41 39
Calderdale 56 54 56 56 57
Huddersfield 58 56 56 56 57
Dewsbury 33 32 31 39 41
Leeds Western (T) 194 204 205 208 203
Leeds Eastern (T) 107 112 115 112 116
Wakefield 44 45 45 44 44
Pontefract 41 40 41 41 41
RHA HQ and HQ Units 44 45 44 50 49
Regional Totals 1,050 1,061 1,077 1,098 1,091
Trent Region
North Derbyshire 49 53 58 59 63
South Derbyshire 110 109 112 110 111
Leicestershire (T) 161 183 196 198 208
North Lincolnshire 41 45 45 49 48
South Lincolnshire 59 59 62 60 58
Bassetlaw 28 28 29 27 29
Central Nottinghamshire 70 72 71 70 69
Nottingham (T) 212 210 205 211 205
Barnsley 50 51 52 49 50
Doncaster 56 61 59 56 60
Rotherham 55 54 55 54 56
Sheffield (T) 224 229 232 230 232
RHA HQ and HQ Units 71 70 72 72 72
Regional Totals 1,187 1,222 1,245 1,244 1,261
East Anglia
Cambridge (T) 113 110 108 95 102
Peterborough 58 57 57 58 57
West Suffolk 38 36 35 52 53
East Suffolk 65 67 67 65 63
Norwich 74 118 114 81 83
Great Yarmouth and Waveney 50 52 54 55 54
West Norfolk and Wisbech 50 50 45 46 47
Huntingdon 28 40 47 51 50
RHA HQ and 11Q Units 54 55 51 55 49
Regional Totals 530 584 577 557 559
North West Thames
North Bedfordshire 44 44 43 44 53
South Bedfordshire 28 30 30 33 33
North Hertfordshire 41 42 42 43 45
East Hertfordshire 36 37 35 38 36
North West Hertfordshire 54 66 65 67 65
South West Hertfordshire 39 49 47 47 46
Barnet 89 96 88 85 83
Harrow 84 80 75 77 74
Hillingdon 91 88 89 89 91
Hounslow and Spelthorne 89 89 88 56 89
Ealing 43 48 47 49 47
Brent 57 65 62 59 60
Paddington and North Kensington (T) 88 96 96 91 89
Riverside 184 191 175 180 180
RHA HQ and HQ Units — — — — —
Blood Transfusion Centre 17 18 19 20 21
Regional Totals 993 1,039 1,001 1,008 1,013
North East Thames
Basildon and Thurrock 88 87 82 85 82
Mid Essex 60 63 62 61 68
North East Essex 73 71 72 75 69

Health Authorities 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
West Essex 64 62 56 53 55
Southend 72 71 64 64 65
Barking/Havering/Brentwood 154 158 59 164 164
Hampstead (T) 138 134 129 120 131
Bloomsbury (T) 103 120 125 131 128
Islington 71 75 71 73 68
City and Hackney (T) 196 205 192 184 190
Newham 64 64 63 59 60
Tower Hamlets (T) 131 129 127 118 123
Enfield 52 51 52 53 54
Haringey 96 91 87 74 76
Redbridge 50 51 47 50 46
Waltham Forest 74 76 76 74 71
RHA HQ and HQ Units — — — — —
Regional Totals 1,486 1,507 1,463 1,437 1,451
South West Thames
North West Surrey 49 47 48 48 47
West Surrey and North East Hants 48 49 49 49 49
South West Surrey 49 52 51 52 53
Mid-Surrey 49 52 53 49 44
East Surrey 62 60 55 51 48
Chichester 46 46 44 44 45
Mid-Downs 35 43 60 65 71
Worthing 50 48 47 49 53
Croydon 59 55 55 56 55
Kingston and Esher 60 54 51 52 50
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 39 46 45 45 50
Wandsworth (T) 67 62 58 55 50
Merton and Sutton 120 116 115 118 110
RHA HQ and HQ Units 60 54 57 62 66
Regional Totals 794 784 788 793 790
South East Thames
Brighton 66 65 67 68 73
Eastbourne 51 56 52 50 52
Hastings 38 36 37 37 39
South East Kent 62 58 61 55 59
Canterbury and Thanet 76 78 75 68 70
Dartford and Gravesham 46 46 46 47 47
Maidstone 30 32 38 39 42
Medway 46 50 50 53 54
Tunbridge Wells 52 54 58 51 52
Bexley 29 29 34 32 35
Greenwich 106 109 106 106 103
Bromley 90 90 89 87 83
West Lambeth (T) 177 175 172 168 169
Camberwell (T) 108 103 101 100 99
Lewisham and North Southwark (T) 198 201 197 183 171
RHA HQ and HQ Units — — — — —
Regional Totals 1,174 1,181 1,182 1,144 1,149
Wessex
East Dorset 104 110 105 103 106
West Dorset 40 39 39 38 37
Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 105 98 114 112 115
Southampton and South West Hampshire (T) 204 211 212 216 200
Winchester 54 54 51 52 54
Basingstoke and North Hampshire 41 41 41 42 42
Salisbury 48 48 47 51 49
Swindon 57 57 56 56 59
Bath 73 69 69 67 70
Isle of Wight 31 31 32 34 33
RHA HQ and HQ Units — — — — —
Regional Totals 762 757 765 771 764
Oxford
East Berkshire 85 74 71 68 71

Health Authorities 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
West Berkshire 77 76 78 76 78
Aylesbury Vale 67 69 67 65 63
Wycombe 58 57 54 56 60
Milton Keynes — — 33 39 38
Kettering 63 67 66 65 62
Northampton 95 94 93 95 86
Oxfordshire 194 205 204 201 203
RHA HQ and HQ Units 45 45 43 40 43
Regional Totals 684 686 709 706 704
South Western
Bristol and Weston (T) 122 113 110 110 114
Frenchay 50 43 42 43 44
Southmead 95 85 85 86 84
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 54 57 56 60 58
Exeter 71 72 73 73 74
North Devon 33 36 34 35 33
Plymouth 73 73 76 79 79
Torbay 54 61 62 63 66
Cheltenham 49 50 51 56 58
Gloucester 66 58 58 59 60
Somerset 66 62 62 62 62
RHA HQ and HQ Units 60 62 47 46 50
Regional Totals 792 772 755 772 781
West Midlands
Bromsgrove and Redditch 36 34 36 34 38
Herefordshire 33 35 36 34 31
Kidderminister and District 23 24 20 24 24
Worcester and District 54 54 55 59 61
Shropshire 82 84 78 82 82
Mid-Staffordshire 41 44 42 42 42
North Staffordshire 115 114 105 110 106
South East Staffordshire 30 32 40 44 47
Rugby 21 22 22 23 24
North Warwickshire 32 32 32 39 40
South Warwickshire 33 36 34 33 40
Central Birmingham (T) 219 224 213 210 211
East Birmingham 102 104 104 101 103
North Birmingham 60 59 61 65 62
South Birmingham 66 67 65 63 62
West Birmingham 94 92 89 91 93
Coventry 117 115 112 109 109
Dudley 102 100 100 89 92
Sandwell 82 83 80 80 78
Solihull 51 49 47 49 50
Walsall 43 46 48 50 50
Wolverhampton 64 65 69 69 70
RHA HQ and HQ Units 96 93 87 94 96
Regional Totals 1,596 1,606 1,573 1,593 1,610
Mersey
Chester 42 44 42 43 38
Crewe 48 45 49 47 48
Halton — — — — —
Macclesfield 36 36 38 37 39
Warrington 42 44 47 58 64
Liverpool (T) 263 282 273 262 289
St. Helens with Knowsley 65 61 63 61 61
Sefton North 23 21 22 23 23
Sefton South 98 101 100 101 104
Wirral 96 96 95 96 98
RHA HQ and HQ Units 45 44 42 43 49
Regional Totals 756 773 772 771 811
North Western
Lancaster 38 38 41 39 41
Blackpool Wyre and Fylde 65 64 66 67 69
Preston 74 74 77 76 83

Health Authorities 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 46 48 52 49 52
Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 35 36 35 33 36
West Lancashire 31 31 29 29 30
Chorley and South Ribble 3 2 2 2 2
Bolton 61 59 64 63 63
Bury 38 41 38 39 36
North Manchester 116 113 116 117 112
Central Manchester (T) 157 165 164 164 164
South Manchester (T) 296 302 213 205 200
Oldham 58 59 59 65 65
Rochdale 43 40 39 39 36
Salford (T) 116 123 123 115 114
Stockport 56 56 57 57 57
Tameside and Glossop 36 37 37 37 36
Trafford 56 58 53 57 56
Wigan 61 63 61 66 67
RHA HQ and HQ Units 83 86 83 83 87
Regional Totals 1,467 1,493 1,407 1,400 1,406
1 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent.
2 —Indicates nil.

Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower.