§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) when he published last year's national health service hospital activity statistics bulletin;
(2) when he received the draft of the new national health service hospital activity statistics bulletin; and when he intends to publish the bulletin.
§ Mr. WaldegraveThe bulletin containing statistics of NHS hospitals activity and facilities in 1989–90 was published on 12 December 1990.
I received the draft bulletin giving comparable figures for 1990–91 on 19 February, and intend to publish it shortly, as drafted.
§ Ms. HarmanTo ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many patients were removed from waiting lists(a) by admission for treatment and (b) for reasons other than treatment in each district in each of the four Thames regional health authorities in each six month period since September 1988;
(2) when the honourable Member for Peckham may expect a substantive reply to her question on waiting lists of 10 February.
§ Mrs. Virginia Bottomley[holding answer 10 February 1992]: We do not routinely collate information on all district health authorities centrally. For the relevant information at regional level, I refer the hon. Member to
NHS directly employed staff in post by specific staff groups as at 30 September 1986 England by regional health authorities Whole-time equivalent1 Region Nursing and midwifery2 Medical and dental3 General managers Admin and clerical staff Ancillary staff Ambulance staff Northern RHA 27,390 2,820 40 6,220 9,200 1,400 Yorkshire RHA 30,290 2,970 30 6,990 9,870 1,640 Trent RHA 37,120 3,780 50 8,850 12,970 1,970 East Anglia RHA 15,590 1,590 30 4,000 4,490 770 North West Thames RHA 28,670 3,310 30 7,710 7,790 490 North East Thames RHA 34,340 4,170 30 9,760 11,060 590 South East Thames RHA 30,370 3,510 50 8,900 10,110 960 South West Thames RHA 24,350 2,540 20 5,890 6,410 670 Wessex RHA 23,060 2,060 30 5,410 6,620 990 Oxford RHA 16,950 2,030 20 4,640 4,480 810 South Western RHA 26,980 2,630 30 6,710 8,060 1,470 West Midlands RHA 42,520 4,400 60 11,220 13,190 1,940 Mersey RHA 22,330 2,230 30 5,280 6,700 950 North Western RHA 37,860 4,040 60 9,510 11,640 1,670 London post graduate special Health Authorities 4,880 1,160 10 1,670 1,490 — England Total4 402,690 43,250 510 110,840 124,270 18,970 1 All figures are rounded to the nearest ten (10) whole-time equivalent. 2 Includes agency staff. 3 Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum staff. Differences in the sum of numbers of staff for all regions are due to duplication of staff holding appointments in more than one region. Such staff are included separately in each region. 4 Includes staff at the Dental Estimates Board, Prescription Pricing Authority, London Ambulance Service, and Family Practitioner Committees. Source: Department of Health (SMI3) annual census of NHS medical and non-medical manpower.
326Wthe reply I gave the hon. Member for Livingston (Mr. Cook) on 29 January at columns 599–602. In the three years to March 1991, nearly 2.1 million patients were admitted from waiting lists in the Thames regions. In the same period the names of a further 290,122 were removed for other reasons, for example, because they had already been treated, had moved, or no longer needed treatment. This is good practice in line with the Royal College of Surgeons guidelines.