§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) nurses and midwives, (b) hospital doctors, (c) general practitioners, (d) general practitioners' support staff and (e) dentists were employed by Southern Derbyshire health authority in 1984 and in the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information requested is as follows:
1984 1988 Nurses and midwives1 3,870 3,980 General practitioners2 438 475 General practitioner support staff1 483 631 Dentists3 190 219 Hospital and community health service dentists4 13.1 10.9 1 Whole time equivalents. 2 Unrestricted principals in the Derbyshire family practitioner committee area. 3 Figure covers dentists in general practice in the Derbyshire family practitioner area. 4 Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff but excludes all consultants and senior registrars whose contracts are held by the regional health authority. I shall write to my hon. Friend with the figures for hospital doctors, once the figures have been verified.
§ Mrs. CurrieTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) in-patients, (b) out-patients and (c) day-cases were treated by Southern Derbyshire health authority in 1984 and the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. DorrellThe information requested is given in the table.
Southern Derbyshire District Health Authority 1984 1988–89 Percentage change In-patients 53,558 54,759 +2 Out-patients 324,497 1317,672 -2 Day-cases 3,262 4,977 +52 Sources: 1984. SH3
1988–89. SH3A, KH05, KH09, KH18
1 The 1988–89 data include 2,041 ward attenders who would previously have been classified as out-patients.