HC Deb 24 March 1988 vol 130 cc209-10W
Mr. Jopling

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what changes in front-line staff in South Cumbria district health authority have been achieved over the last five years for which figures are available in both numbers and percentages.

NHS employed stuff in post at 30 September
Whole-time equivalents1
1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Crewe district health authority
Physiotherapists2 33 30 30 38 41
Speech therapists2 6 7 10 12 11
Radiographers2 28 26 25 28 27
Chiropodists2 10 11 11 11 12
Occupational therapists2 10 9 9 11 12
Dieticians 3 3 4 3 2
Medical laboratory scientific officers 47 45 49 47 48
Chester district health authority
Physiotherapists2 36 37 39 39 43
Speech therapists2 6 6 7 't 7
Radiographers2 31 30 30 29 29
Chiropodists2 7 9 9 10 9
Occupational therapists2 18 21 23 29 31
Dieticians 3 3 3 4 4
Medical laboratory scientific officers 42 44 42 43 38
Halton district health authority
Physiotherapists2 14 15 17 23 26
Speech therapists2 4 3 4 3 5
Radiographers2 7 7 7 11 13
Chiropodists2 6 8 8 3 9
Occupational herapists2 5 8 12 14 12
Dieticians 3 3 3 1 2
Medical laboratory scientific officers — — — — —
1 Figures arc independently rounded to the nearest whole-time equivalent.
2 Excludes helpers.
3 Less than 0.5 whole-time equivalent.

— Nil.

Source: DHSS annual census of NHS non-medical manpower.

Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were treated in each specialty in(a) the Crewe, (b) the Chester and (c) the Halton health districts in 1987.

Mrs. Currie

Information about the numbers of patients using hospital beds will in future be available for financial years. Information about completed episodes of hospital care for 1987–88 are expected by late summer this year.

Mr. Goodlad

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the current waiting lists for(a) examinations, (b) operations and (c) beds in each speciality in each hospital in (i) the Crewe, (ii) the Chester and (iii) the Halton health district.

Mrs. Currie

Between 30 September 1982 and 30 September 1986, front-line staff in South Cumbria district health authority increased by 88 whole-time equivalents (from 1,288 to 1,376) or by 6.9 per cent.