The text on this page has been created from Hansard archive content, it may contain typographical errors.
Mr. Kilfedder
asked the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland what was the ratio of staff to patients in the Northern Ireland Health Service in every year from 1974 to 1977, showing in each year the numbers on which the ratios are based.
Mr. Carter
The information is as follows:
| HOSPITAL IN-PATIENTS | |||
| Staff (whole-time equivalent) (000s) | Hospital in-patients (000s) | Ratio to in patients | |
| 1974 | 28·9 | 224·5 | 1:7·8 |
| 1975 | 30·4 | 220·5 | 1:7·3 |
| 1976 | 31·9 | 230·9 | 1:7·2 |
| 1977 | 33·1 | 231·4 | 1:7·0 |
| GENERAL MEDICAL SERVICES | |||
| General medical practitioners | Patients on doctors' lists | Ratio to patients | |
| 1974 | 745 | 1,570,012 | 1:2,107 |
| 1975 | 746 | 1,570,170 | 1:2,105 |
| 1976 | 736 | 1,574,816 | 1:2,140 |
| 1977 | 729 | 1,577,035 | 1:2,163 |
| GENERAL DENTAL SERVICES | |||
| General dental practitioners | Population (estimated) | Ratio to population | |
| 1974 | 351 | 1,546,800 | 1:4,407 |
| 1975 | 354 | 1,537,200 | 1:4,342 |
| 1976 | 349 | 1,538,100 | 1:4,407 |
| 1977 | 345 | 1,537, 300 | 1:4,456 |