§ Mr. WeirTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many physiotherapists there are per head of population in each of the National Health Service trust areas in England. [57299]
§ Mr. HuttonPopulation data are not available by trust but have been given by health authority as shown in the table.
Between 1997 and 2001 the number of physiotherapists has increased by 1,640 or 14 per cent.
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NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff within the physiotherapy area of work by health authority area and per population as at 30 September 2001 Health authority Whole-time equivalents Per 100,000 population Per head of population Headcount QDJ—Newcastle and North Tyneside 150 33 0.0003 180 QDK—North Cumbria 110 33 0.0003 130 QDM—Northumberland 150 49 0.0005 180 QDN—Sunderland 80 27 0.0003 90 QDP—Tees 180 33 0.0003 220 QDQ—Wakefield 90 29 0.0003 100 QDR—North Yorkshire 180 24 0.0002 240 QDT—Calderdale and Kirklees 170 28 0.0003 200 Trent 1,330 26 0.0003 1,600 QCG—Barnsley 60 27 0.0003 70 QCH—North Derbyshire 90 25 0.0003 120 QCJ—South Derbyshire 120 22 0.0002 160 QCK—Doncaster 90 31 0.0003 100 QCL—Leicestershire 200 21 0.0002 240 QCM—Lincolnshire 120 18 0.0002 140 QCN—North Nottinghamshire 110 27 0.0003 130 QCP—Nottingham 210 32 0.0003 250 QCQ—Rotherham 80 33 0.0003 100 QCR—Sheffield 230 43 0.0004 270 QDL—South Humber 20 8 0.0001 20 West Midlands 1,360 25 0.0003 1,750 QD9—Birmingham 330 33 0.0003 390 QEA—Coventry 80 27 0.0003 110 QEC—Dudley 70 23 0.0002 90 QED—Herefordshire 40 22 0.0002 60 QEE—Sandwell 50 17 0.0002 60 QEF—Shropshire 140 32 0.0003 190 QEG—Solihull 20 8 0.0001 30 QEH—North Staffordshire 160 34 0.003 200 QEJ—South Staffordshire 120 20 0.0002 160 QEK—Walsall 40 15 0.0001 40 QEL—Warwickshire 130 25 0.0002 160 QEM—Wolverhampton 60 25 0.0002 70 QEN—Worcestershire 130 24 0.0002 180 North West 1,940 29 0.0003 2,360 QC1—South Lancashire 60 18 0.0002 80 QC2—Liverpool 150 33 0.0003 170 QC3—Manchester 270 63 0.0006 310 QC4—Morecambe Bay 90 29 0.0003 130 QC5—St. Helen's and Knowsley 70 23 0.0002 90 QC6—Salford and Trafford 140 31 0.0003 160 QC7—Sefton 120 41 0.0004 130 QC8—Stockport 70 23 0.0002 80 QC9—West Pennine 100 21 0.0002 110 QCT—Bury and Rochdale 70 18 0.0002 80 QCV—North Cheshire 110 35 0.0004 140 QCW—South Cheshire 160 23 0.0002 220 QCX—East Lancashire 110 22 0.0002 140 QCY—North West Lancashire 120 27 0.0003 160 QDA—Wigan and Bolton 190 34 0.0003 230 QDC—Wirral 110 35 0.0003 150 Eastern 1,110 20 0.0002 1,400 QA6—Bedfordshire 100 17 0.0002 120 QAX—North Essex 150 16 0.0002 200 QAY—South Essex 120 17 0.0002 140 QCF—Suffolk 150 22 0.0002 210 QER—Cambridgeshire 200 26 0.0003 250 QET—Norfolk 210 26 0.0003 260 QEX—Hertfordshire 180 17 0.0002 220 London 2,000 27 0.0003 2,320 QA2—Hillingdon 30 13 0.0001 40 QA3—Kensington, Chelsea and Westminster 210 52 0.0005 250 QA5—Redbridge and Waltham Forest 50 11 0.0001 60 QAD—Croydon 70 21 0.0002 90 QAG—Kingston and Richmond 60 16 0.0002 70 QAH—Lambeth, Southwark and Lewisham 260 34 0.0003 280
NHS hospital and community health services (HCHS): qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff within the physiotherapy area of work by health authority area and per population as at 30 September 2001 Health authority Whole time equivalents Per 100,000 population Per head of population Headcount QAJ—Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth 260 40 0.0004 310 QAP—Barking and Havering 100 26 0.0003 110 QAR—Brent and Harrow 130 27 0.0003 160 QAT—Camden and Islington 210 55 0.0006 230 QAV—Ealing, Hammersmith and Hounslow 140 21 0.0002 170 QAW—East London and the City 170 26 0.0003 180 QEW—Barnet, Enfield and Haringey 170 20 0.0002 210 QEY—Bexley, Bromley and Greenwich 140 19 0.0002 180 South-East 2,000 23 0.0002 2,670 QA7—Berkshire 160 20 0.0002 230 QA8—Buckinghamshire 150 22 0.0002 210 QAE—East Kent 150 26 0.0003 190 QAF—West Kent 190 19 0.0002 260 QAK—East Surrey 90 21 0.0002 120 QAL—West Surrey 210 32 0.0003 280 QAM—East Sussex, Brighton and Hove 190 25 0.0002 250 QAN—West Sussex 150 20 0.0002 200 QCC—Northamptonshire 100 17 0.0002 140 QCE—Oxfordshire 200 32 0.0003 280 QD1—North and Mid Hampshire 100 18 0.0002 130 QD3—Southampton and South West Hampshire 140 26 0.0003 190 QEV—Isle of Wight, Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 150 22 0.0002 190 South West 1,370 27 0.0003 1,850 QD5—Somerset 130 26 0.0003 200 QD6—South and West Devon 180 30 0.0003 220 QD7—Wiltshire 150 25 0.0002 240 QD8—Avon 310 30 0.0003 390 QDV—Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 120 24 0.0002 150 QDW—Dorset 180 26 0.0003 260 QDX—North and East Devon 150 31 0.0003 200 QDY—Gloucestershire 150 27 0.0003 200 Notes:
1. Staff figures are rounded to the nearest 10
2. Population rates are rounded to the nearest whole number and four decimal places
3. Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts
Source:
Department of Health non-medical workforce census