§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many posts have been lost in each regional health authority during the last three years; and how these figures compare with personnel targets.
National Health Service employed staff in England (whole-time equivalents)*† 30 September 1981
30 September 1982
30 September 1983
(Provisional)
31 March 1983 Change in manpower
required
between
31 March 1983
and
31 March 1984
1. Northern Regional Health Authority 53,900 53,800 54,400 54,100 –186 2. Yorkshire Regional Health Authority 62,000 61,700 61,400 61,900 –264 3. Trent Regional Health Authority 73,700 74,400 74,200 74,000 +520 4. East Anglian Regional Health Authority 29,400 29,800 30,300 29,900 +374 5. North West Thames Regional Health Authority 60,600 59,400 58,800 59,600 –1,000 6. North East Thames Regional Health Authority 67,900 73,800 73,400 73,700 –1,200 7. South East Thames Regional Health Authority 66,900 67,000 66,200 66,400 –1,081 8. South West Thames Regional Health Authority 51,100 49,800 50,100 50,100 –730 9. Wessex Regional Health Authority 42,900 43,600 44,000 43,900 +40 10. Oxford Regional Health Authority 34,000 34,000 33,900 34,000 +229 11. South Western Regional Health Authority 53,000 53,300 53,100 53,000 –124 12. West Midlands Regional Health Authority 84,100 84,300 84,200 84,100 –140 13. Mersey Regional Health Authority 45,000 45,100 44,600 44,800 –506 14. North Western Regional Health Authority 74,500 75,900 76,000 76,200 –562 Notes: * Excludes locum medical and dental staff and agency nursing and midwifery staff. † Figures have been independently rounded to the nearest 100.