§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Security if he will give figures showing a total
Region NHS Directly employed staff in post1 Salaries and wages expenditure2 All other expenditure Total revenue and capital expenditure Whole-time equivalent £000 £000 £000 Northern 53,510 497,185 220,167 717,352 Yorkshire 59,570 556,112 261,978 818,090 Trent 74,310 679,499 312,467 991,966 East Anglian 30,490 288,879 133,073 421,952 North-West Thames 54,810 556,905 287,419 844,324 North-East Thames 69,060 704,648 347,356 1,052,004 South-East Thames 61,860 620,021 313,585 933,606 South-West Thames 48,510 502,226 202,017 :'04,243 Wessex 43,520 410,178 209,973 620,151 Oxford 33,210 322,302 145,046 467,348 South-Western 52,370 485,733 232,696 718,429 West Midlands 84,230 784,783 380,210 1,164,993 Mersey 42,870 404,346 186,917 591,263 North-Western 74,080 698,112 289,913 988;025 All regions 782,400 7,510,929 3,522,817 11,033,746 Special Health Authorities1 10,990 128,798 90,913 219,711 Total 793,390 7,639,727 3,613,730 11,253,457 Sources: Annual census of NHS medical and non medical manpower—as at 30 September 1986. 1986–87 annual accounts submitted to the Department by regional and district health authorities in England and the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals.
Notes:
1 Includes permanent paid, honorary and locum medical and dental staff; agency nursing and midwifery staff. (The figure for the South West Thames region includes London Ambulance Service staff—2,850 whole time equivalents).
2 Excludes expenditure on categories of non-NHS staff outside the scope of the annual census of NHS medical and non-medical manpower. Such costs (totalling some £81,757,000) are however included in the figures for "all other" and "total revenue and capital expenditure".
1 Special health authorities for the London post-graduate teaching hospitals.