§ Ms. ArmstrongTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people were employed by North West Durham district health authority in 1979 and at the latest date available.
§ Mrs. CurrieSuch information as is available is shown in the table.
Because of the 1982 National Health Service reorganisation consistent data at district health authority level are not available for 1979.
The figures exclude consultants and senior registrars whose contracts are held by the regional health authorities. The district health authorities where these staff work cannot be separately identified centrally. There will therefore be more medical and dental staff actually working in North West Durham district health authority than accounted for in the table.
NHS directly employed staff in post at 30 September1 North West Durham District Health Authority Wholetime equivalents2 1982 1,400 1986 1,370 Source: DHSS Annual censuses of NHS medical and non-medical manpower. 1 Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum medical staff. Includes agency nursing and midwifery staff. 2 Figures are independently rounded to nearest ten (10) whole time equivalents.