§ Mr. Gareth WardellTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish the information for Wales corresponding to that contained in table 20 on page 52 of the Department of Health's departmental report, column 2812—March 1995. [19919]
§ Mr. RichardsThe available information is given in the following table. Information on clinical psychology, dietetics, occupational therapy, physiotherapy and speech therapy activity is not collected centrally.
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Community health services activity statistics (Thousands) Number of first contacts1 2 1988–89 1989–90 1990–91 1991–92 1992–93 1993–94 Health visiting n/a n/a 420 423 394 375 Community nursing services (total) n/a n/a 196 188 178 190 District nursing n/a n/a 154 147 131 142 Community psychiatric nursing n/a n/a 25 24 26 24 Community mental handicap nursing n/a n/a 3 3 3 4 Other community nursing n/a n/a 14 15 18 19 Chiropody services 142 153 172 164 170 165 Community dental services n/a n/a n/a 61 77 77 1 Number of persons seen at least once in the year. This definition is different to that used in the Department of Health table which gave the number of episodes of care started in the year. 2 Figures may be subject to revision following a data quality audit exercise currently under way. n/a Not available.