HC Deb 21 July 1993 vol 229 c213W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) how many mother and baby beds there are in psychiatric units in the country;

(2) how many women-only psychiatric wards there are in England.

Mr. Bowis

This information is not available centrally.

Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) male and (b) female psychiatrists are currently practising.

Mr. Sackville

The available information is shown in the table. Information relating to Wales, Scotland and Northern Ireland are matters for my right hon. Friends the Secretaries of State for Wales and for Scotland and my right hon. and learned Friend the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland.

Numbers of psychiatrists in national health service hospital sector by sex England—30 September 1991
Consultants All staff1
Male 1,490 3,760
Female 535 2,097
Total 2,025 5,857

Note:

Specialties included are mental illness, child and adolescent psychiatry, forensic psychiatry, mental handicap, old age psychiatry and psychotherapy.

1 Grades included: consultants, associate specialists, staff grades, senior registrars, registrars and senior house officers, house officers, hospital practitioners and clinical assistants working in the specialty.