§ Mr. Matesasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many employees work for each regional health authority in England, excluding medical and dental staff working at district level; what is the total cost of these employees by each region; and how many districts there are in each region.
§ Mr. NewtonI am sorry that I cannot provide the information precisely as my hon. Friend wishes. In particular, it is not possible separately to identify medical and dental staff working at district level; all medical and dental staff have, therefore been excluded. Such information as is available centrally is shown in the table.
87W2 Includes General Managers.
Excludes Ambulance staff. These figures are derived from DHSS Annual census of non-medical manpower.
3 These figures are derived from annual accounts of Regional Health Authority's in England. Excludes expenditure on ambulance staff.