Written question asked by Ben Chapman (Labour) on Friday, 7 May 2004, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Tuesday, 25 May 2004. It was answered by Melanie Johnson (Labour) on Tuesday, 25 May 2004 on behalf of the Department of Health.

Dept of Health

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Health, how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Wirral South in each of the last seven years. - Inc table.

Answer: Mr. Ben Chapman: To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many NHS (a) therapists and (b) scientists were located in Wirral South in each of the last seven years. [172686] Miss Melanie Johnson: The information requested is not collected on a constituency basis. The information available is shown in the table and relates to national health service organisations serving the South Wirral constituency. NHS hospital and community health services: Qualified scientific, therapeutic and technical staff in the specified organisations as at 30 September each specified year. headcount _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 5F8 Bebington 1-- 1-- 1-- 1-- 4 60 65 and West Wirral PCT QDC Wirral HA 1-- 2 2 6 9 1-- 1-- RBL Wirral 497 512 530 541 540 554 570 Hospital NHS Trust _________________________________________________________________________________________________. 1 Not applicable. Source: Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census

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