HC Deb 07 December 1987 vol 124 cc60-1W
Mr. Hayes

To ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will itemise the numbers employed by each regional health authority in 1979, 1980, 1981, 1982, 1983, 1984, 1985 and 1986.

Mrs. Currie

The figures are shown in the table:

NHS Directly Employed Staff by Regional Health Authority1 at 30 September Whole time equivalents2
Region 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986
Northern 50,800 52,600 54,100 54,000 54,500 54,200 53,800 53,500
Yorkshire 56,800 59,000 62,300 62,000 61,700 61,000 60,600 59,600
Trent 70,200 70,600 74,000 74,700 74,400 74,500 74,800 74,300
East Anglian 27,400 28,500 29,600 30,000 30,500 30,700 30,600 30,500
North West Thames 58,300 58,700 61,700 60,400 59,700 58,600 56,500 54,800
North East Thames 66,700 67,200 69,400 74,800 74,400 73,100 70,800 69,100
South East Thames 65,300 66,400 68,000 67,800 67,400 65,300 63,400 61,900
South West Thames 50,000 50,700 52,200 50,700 50,800 49,100 47,200 45,700
Wessex 41,100 41,600 43,100 43,800 44,200 44,300 44,200 43,500
Oxford 32,200 33,000 34,200 34,200 34,000 34,500 33,600 33,200
South Western 49,900 51,400 53,100 53,400 53,200 52,800 52,400 52,400
West Midlands 78,100 80,700 84,500 84,700 84,600 84,000 84,400 84,200
Mersey 43,400 43,800 45,200 45,200 44,800 44,000 43,600 42,900
Northern Western 68,000 71,700 74,800 76,200 76,300 75,400 74,700 74,100
England3 775,300 793,800 824,400 830,600 829,400 819,300 812,900 801,600
Source:
DHSS(SR7) annual censuses of NHS medical and non-medical manpower.
Notes:
1 Includes all permanent paid, honorary and locum medical and dental staff, and agency nursing and midwifery staff. No adjustments have been made for the effects of the reduction in nurses' working hours during 1980–1981 (from 40 to 37.5 hours per week) or for the transfer of operating department assistants from ancillary to professional and technical staff group in April 1984.
2 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest one hundred (100) whole-time equivalents.
3 Includes all staff of regional health authorities, London post-graduate special health authorities, Dental Estimates Board, Prescription Pricing Authority, London ambulance service and family practitioners committees.

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