To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the number of (a) physiotherapists, (b) speech therapists, (c) radiographers, (d) chiropodists, (e) occupational therapists, (f) dieticians and (g) laboratory technicians employed by the Nottingham health authority in each of the last five years.
The figures are shown in the table.
| National Health Service staff in post: 30 September Nottingham District Health Authority | |||||
| whole time equivalents1 | |||||
| 1982 | 1983 | 1984 | 1985 | 1986 | |
| Physiotherapists23 | 136 | 143 | 150 | 155 | 148 |
| Speech Therapists3 | 51 | 45 | 36 | 40 | 40 |
| Radiographers3 | 132 | 137 | 145 | 150 | 148 |
| Chiropodists3 | 52 | 44 | 29 | 32 | 29 |
| Occupational Therapists3 | 60 | 72 | 74 | 84 | 80 |
| Dieticians | 16 | 17 | 17 | 20 | 21 |
| Medical Laboratory Scientific Officers | 212 | 210 | 205 | 211 | 205 |
| Source: DHSS Annual Census of NHS non-medical manpower. | |||||
| 1 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest whole time equivalent. | |||||
| 2 Includes Remedial Gymnasts. | |||||
| 3 Excludes helpers. | |||||
To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the projected levels of funding for the next three years for the Nottingham district health authority, expressing year-on-year changes as a percentage in both cash and real terms.
The Department issues resource assumptions and allocates funds to regional health authorities which then determine district health authority funding. In 1988–89 Trent RHA's revenue allocation was increased to £1,050 million; a 6·3 per cent. cash increase or 1·7 per cent. in real terms. The initial resource assumptions for 1989–90 show a further real terms increase of between 1·5 and 1·7 per cent.; a revised assumption for 1989–90 and an assumption for 1990–91 will be issued in due course. The hon. Member may wish to contact the chairman of Trent RHA for information on funding for Nottingham district health authority.