§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what services the Welsh Health Service Commission has decided, or is proposing, not to purchase in 1994–95 which it did purchase in 1993–94.
Qualified speech therapists in post as at 30 September Health Authority area 1989 1990 1991 11992 11993 Clwyd 24 29 27 34 32 East Dyfed 15 15 14 16 17 Gwent 15 16 21 23 25 Gwynedd 12 11 11 15 14 Mid Glamorgan 18 18 22 19 27 Pembrokeshire 5 5 5 5 5 Powys 9 8 8 7 8 South Glamorgan 31 33 31 32 34 West Glamorgan 21 18 14 19 17 Wales 150 154 153 168 177 1 Includes staff employed by NHS trusts. Note:
The use of locally devised payscales from 1991 may affect the comparability of figures as these staff cannot be allocated centrally to a specific staff group and are not, therefore, included in the table.
Information on recent vacancies is not available centrally.