HC Deb 27 June 1984 vol 62 cc454-6W
Mr. Dobson

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services what was the commencement date, termination date and number of days lost in each industrial dispute involving nurses and ancillary workers in the National Health Service since the winter of 1978–79.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

[pursuant to his reply, 11 June 1984, c. 391]: The following table provides the information requested by the hon. Member. It has been compiled from Department of Employment records, and covers only United Kingdom Health Service disputes in which nursing and ancillary staff played some part.

Dates of disputes
Year and commencement Termination Man days lost
1979
22 January 11 April* 574,000
29 January 2 February 474
22 February 2 March 86
26 February 28 February 600
2 March 8 March 4,823
23 March 27 March 130
27 March 28 March 300
25 April 26 April 76
15 June 18 June 24
29 June 29 June 15
3 July 10 July 200
8 October 9 October 53
18 October 26 October 304
24 October 26 November 2,513
583,598
1980
7 January 15 January 630
18 February 19 February 218
11 April 15 April 1,410
13 May 20 May 2,100
18 May 20 May 270
30 May 4 June 252
16 June 1 September 5,062
8 September 12 September 60
12 September 14 September 105
19 September 19 September 400
17 October 13 November 3,091
20 October 29 October 250
24 November 3 December 681

Year and commencement Termination Man days lost
27 November 3 December 525
4 December 7 December 171
15,225
1981
5 February 10 February 88
9 March 23 March 5,500
12 June 12 June 350
14 September 25 September 419
25 September 8 October 190
11 September 25 September 2,920
5 October 8 October 177
12 October 14 October 20
15 October 15 October 60
30 October 9 December 2,135
6 November 27 November 186
9 November 11 November 30
19 November 19 November 438
20 November 20 November 18
1 December 4 December 36
10 December 15 December 68
14 December 17 December 38
12,673
1982
12 January 15 January 88
15 January 15 January 120
10 February 19 February 320
26 February 19 March 190
18 February 23 February 42
26 March 30 March 460
5 March 26 April 1,420
26 March 30 March 215
16 April 17 April 25
14 April 15 December 780,912
19 April 10 May 243
10 May 12 September 892
30 May 4 July 625
14 July 14 July 45
15 July 15 July 150
15 July 16 July 300
7 July 21 August 2,045
1 July 6 July 138
5 July 8 July 116
7 July 8 July 1,400
8 July 9 July 150
28 July 28 July 70
6 August 6 August 5,000
9 August 9 August 50
12 August 17 August 275
13 August 13 August 1,000
17 August 18 August 1,200
19 August 25 August 3,000
19 August 19 August 15
23 September 23 September 75
15 October 23 October 161
30 September 1 October 95
27 October 27 October 70
22 November 28 November 150
801,057
1983
24 January 25 January 160
11 April 6 May 352
28 April 30 April 150
4 May 4 May 20
9 May 12 May 40
11 May 11 May 100
13 May 29 July 780
26 July 28 July 155
12 July 12 July 32

Year and commencement Termination Man days lost
15 August 15 August 62
25 August 29 August 63
25 August 19 September 499
6 September 6 September 30
18 September 23 September 50
27 September 27 September 14
28 September 4 October 165
10 November 17 December 765
17 November 17 November 11
5 December 9 December 104
9 December 19 December 280
3,832
* Most, but not all staff, had returned to work by 2 April.

Note:

The statistics refer to stoppages of work due to industrial disputes concerned with terms and conditions of employment and exclude those which involved fewer than 10 workers or lasted less than one day unless the aggregate number of working days lost exceeded 100.