HC Deb 21 March 1988 vol 130 cc37-8W
Mrs. Ann Winterton

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the numbers of(a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other technical personnel employed by the Crewe district health authority (i) in the latest year for which figures are available and (ii) 10 years previously.

Mrs. Currie

[holding answer 30 November 1987]: Such information as is available is shown in the table. I regret that information to this level of detail is not centrally available for 1976. Figures for medical and dental staff

Area of usual residence DHA 1983 1984 1985 1986
Maidstone 2,217 2,388 2,387 2,443
Medway 4,815 4,845 5,016 4,964
Tunbridge Wells 2,130 2,033 2,210 2,165
Notifications of congenital malformations
South East Kent 49 39 37 65
Canterbury and Thanet 35 37 33 24
Dartford and Gravesham 64 92 75 116
Maidstone 23 33 46 26
Medway 86 79 65 60
Tunbridge Wells 29 36 35 29