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Speech Therapy

Volume 405: debated on Monday 12 May 2003

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To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many NHS vacancies there are for speech therapists in Northern Ireland. [111803]

As at 30 September 2002 there were speech and language therapy vacancies amounting to a whole time equivalent (WTE) of 12.5. Speech and language therapy vacancies detailed by the Trust are given in the table.

TrustWTE1
Homefirst Community5
North and West Belfast2.5
Sperrin Lakeland0
Armagh and Dungannon2
Causeway1
Mater Hospital0

allocated a total of £6.6 million across the four Childcare Partnerships. Information regarding allocations to each district council area is not available. Details of Sure Start schemes funded through Childcare Partnerships in financial year 2002–03 are set out in Table 1 below:

Sure Start Scheme

Childcare Partnership/ HSS Board Area

Inner City South BelfastEastern
Inner City East BelfastEastern
ShankillEastern
ColinEastern
Clan Mor (Falls)Eastern
Kids'n'Kin (Ardoyne/Oldpark)Eastern
DownpatrickEastern
Lower Ards PeninsulaEastern
NewtownabbeyNorthern
BallysallyNorthern
G-old (Cookstown)Northern
Close to Home (Dungannon)Southern
Clogher ValleySouthern
Orana (Newry)Southern
Blossom (Portadown)Southern
Cherish (Irvinestown)Western
DungivenWestern
Creevagh/SpringtownWestern
ShantallowWestern
LAST (Omagh)Western
StrabandWestern

Information on resources allocated by Boards and Trusts for Home Start schemes is also not available on a district council basis. Details of Home Start schemes supported by HSS Trusts in financial year 2002–03 are set out in Table 2 below.

Trust

WTE1

United Hospitals Group0
Craigavon and Banbridge0
Altnagelvin0
Foyle (including Westcare)1
Royal Group of Hospitals0
Belfast City Hospital0
Newry and Mourne0
Craigavon Area Hospital0
Ulster Hospital0
Green Park1
South and East Belfast0
Total12.5

1 Whole time equivalent.

Note:

The above figures do not include vacancy numbers from Down Lisburn HSS Trust.