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Staff Ratios

Volume 951: debated on Tuesday 6 June 1978

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asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers per 1,000 population of the following: general practitioners, health visitors, hospital nurses and midwives, social workers, qualified and unqualified, and dentists in (a) Walsall and (b) each of the 14 district and London boroughs designation other than partnership and programme authorities under the Inner Urban Areas Bill.

The information requested is as follows:school clinics, health centres and maternity and child welfare clinics, in (

a) Walsall and ( b) each of the 14 districts and London boroughs designated other than

partnership and programme authorities under the Inner Urban Areas Bill.

The information requested is available only on an area health autho-

Numbers per 1,000 population‡
Area Health AuthorityRetail Pharmacies*Family Planning Clinics†School Clinics†Health Centres†Maternity and Child Welfare Clinics†
Walsall0·170·0220·0520·0070·09
Cleveland0·150·0440·0460·0180·10
Lancashire0·220·0300·0490·0170·14
Rochdale0·160·0380·0330·0140·10
Sefton0·210·0310·0360·0070·05
St. Helens and Knowsley0·160·0340·0580·0180·09
Wigan0·200·0350·0550·0190·09
Barnsley0·200·0310·0940·0220·15
Doncaster0·180·0280·0770·0320·13
Rotherham0·160·0480·0720·0240·14
Sandwell0·200·0160·0960·0100·09
Brent and Harrow0·260·0430·0580·0050·07
Ealing, Hammersmith/Hounslow0·240·0430·0420·0120·07
Enfield and Haringey0·200·0450·0670·0040·07
Merton, Sutton and Wandsworth0·220·0410·0430·0090·09
* Based on the number of pharmacies at which NHS pharmaceutical services were being provided at 31st December 1977.
† At 31st December 1976.
‡ Based on estimated population at 30th June 1976.