§ Mr. ChurchillTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what has been the percentage increase in average earnings since May 1979, to the latest date for which figures are available of(a) doctors, (b) nurses, and (c) medical scientific officers.
§ 1. Mr. MellorThe following is the information:
Average earnings Medical Practitioners Nurses and Midwives Percentage increase April 1980—April 1988 211.2 195.0 Notes:
Source: New Earnings Survey 1988.
2. Directly comparable data is not available for National Health Service scientific officers.
3. Earnings are for employees on adult rates of pay whose pay was not affected by absence.
4. The figures do not include increases paid from 1 April 1988.
5. Medical practitioners include hospital medical staff, consultants and community physicians as well as general practitioners.
6. Nurses and midwives figure is based on earnings of female staff (currently 90 per cent. of nurses).