Psychotherapists (Children) (Hansard, 23 November 1995)

HC Deb 23 November 1995 vol 267 c330W 330W

§ Mr. Simon Hughes
To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many child psychotherapists were working in the NHS in each region for(a) 1979, (b) 1984, (c) 1989 and (d) the latest available year; and if he will make a statement. [1664]

§ Mr. Bowis
The information available for English regions is shown in the table.

NHS hospital and community health services qualified child psychotherapists as at 30 September each year

1979 1984 1989 1994

Northern ¹— ¹— ¹— 10

Yorkshire ²— ¹— ²— 10

Trent ¹— ¹— ²— 20

East Anglia ¹— ¹— ¹— ¹—

North West Thames 30 10 30 40

North East Thames 10 20 40 40

South East Thames ²— ²— 10 10

South West Thames 10 10 10 20

Wessex ²— ²— ²— 10

Oxford ²— ²— ²— 10

South Western ²— ²— 10 20

West Midlands ¹— ²— ²— ²—

Mersey ²— ²— ²— ²—

North Western ²— ²— ²— 10

SHAs ²— ¹— ²— 20

England total 70 60 130 220

Notes:
¹Denotes zero.
²Denotes figures of five and under.
Source:
Department of Health and Non-Medical Workforce Census Notes:
1. Figures are for qualified child psychotherapists only, they exclude assistants and trainees.

2. Figures are expressed as whole-time equivalents rounded to the nearest ten.

3. Totals may not equal sum of components due to rounding.