§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the total job losses by category of worker since 1979 in the National Health Service by region and district.
§ Mr. NewtonThe table shows the staffing position for England, by main staff group, at 30 September 1979 and 30 September 1985, and the changes (in both whole-time equivalent and percentage terms) in staff in post between those two dates.
reply given him by my hon. Friend the Minister for Health on 24 November 1986 at columns 143–46. We do not keep central records of hospital closures. Nor do we keep central records of closures of other National Health Services property and to obtain this information would incur disproportionate cost.