§ Mr. SteinbergTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the average list size of general medical practitioners in the Northern health authority at 1 October 1988; what was this figure as a percentage of the United Kingdom average; and what proportion of general practitioners in the Durham area health authority had lists longer than the United Kingdom average.
§ Mr. MellorThe information requested is collected from family practitioner committees, which are not necessarily conterminous with health authority boundaries, and aggregated by region. As at 1 October 1987 (the latest date for which figures are available) the average list size for northern region was 2,002 patients per
798W unrestricted general medical practitioner. This is 99 per cent. of the average list size for England (2020). A total of 54 per cent. of unrestricted general medical practitioners in the area covered by the Durham family practitioner committee (which includes Durham district health authority) had lists greater than the England average. The average list size for the United Kingdom was 1965 and the corresponding percentages were 102 per cent. and 60 per cent. respectively.
Title abstract of project Period of support Costs£ (a)Completed 1.Decision making in the protection of children A study of the decision making process and interagency working in cases of children at risk of abuse (mainly physical but includes sexual abuse)
1978–81—Dr. R. Dingwall 29,300 2.Child abuse in an English local authority A study of the characteristics identification, social work management and treatment of children at risk (concerned with physical, but includes sexual abuse)
1979–82—Dr. R. Banon 96,300 3.A study to modify parent child interaction in abusive families A controlled trial of a focussed casework approach to the treatment of child abuse (physical and sexual) comparing two contrasting therapies
1983–86—Prof.A.R. Nicol 32,400 4.Professional intervention in child abuse The aims of this study were to examine and evaluate literature on intervention strategies in cases of child abuse (physical and sexual) and to provide a sythesis of present knowledge of value to those working in the field
1985–87—Dr. F.Boddy, Dr. D. Gough 23,800 (b)Current 1.Intervention in child sexual abuse This study will look at characteristics and outcome of a treatment programme provided to the victims of child sexual abuse and their families
1987–89—Dr. A. Bentovin, Prof. P. Graham 225,000 2.Normal sexual knowledge in children The aim is to collect systemation and reliable information on:
(i)sexual knowledge in children
(ii)normal behaviour in families A second aim of the study is to see whether children in the community can be distinguished from children who have been sexually abused on the basis of their sexual knowledge and behaviour
Dr.M.Smith 3.A study of co-ordination in child abuse A study which aims to look at the policies and practice of interagency co-ordination in child abuse (physical-sexual)
1988–92—Dr. C. Hallet 130,000 4.Decision making intervention and outcomes in respect to children at risk of abuse 1988–93—Ms. E. Farmer 155,000