§ Mr. MichaelTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many appeals have been determined in respect of nurse grading(a) in Wales and (b) in each health authority in Wales, in each month since the current process started; and how many, in each case, were (i) allowed and (ii) disallowed in each month.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesInformation in the form requested on numbers of clinical grading appeals determined by employing authorities is not collected centrally. Current available information on total numbers of appeals heard at employing authority level is shown in the table:
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Year Month Appeals heard Allowed Disallowed Failure to agree Clwyd 1990 October 12 — 1 11 1991 October 15 — — 15 1992 May 10 — — 10 TOTAL 37 — 1 36 East Dyfed 1990 November 8 — — 8 1991 April 7 1 — 6 September 3 3 — — October 7 — — 7 TOTAL 25 4 — 21 Gwent 1990 April 6 3 — 3 1992 February 27 4 12 11 April 35 — 24 11 May 7 2 — 5 TOTAL 75 9 36 30 Gwynedd 1989 November 2 — — 2 1990 January 5 2 — 3 April 10 4 — 6 May 12 1 — 11 August 15 3 — 12 1991 January 15 6 1 8 April 7 4 1 2 June 10 8 — 2 August 13 4 1 8 TOTAL 89 32 3 54 Mid Glamorgan 1991 June 11 — — 11 October 8 4 4 — 1992 April 9 3 2 4 TOTAL 28 7 6 15 Powys 1990 May 12 9 — 3 1991 February 7 4 — 3 1992 April 9 2 1 6 TOTAL 28 15 1 12 South Glamorgan 1990 October 8 — — 8 1991 January 15 — 2 13 July 2 — — 2
Health authority Appeals heard Allowed Disallowed Clwyd 355 99 256 East Dyfed 278 80 198 Gwent 710 86 624 Gwynedd 704 54 650 Mid Glamorgan 531 64 467 Pembrokeshire 85 13 72 Powys 578 312 266 South Glamorgan 670 84 586 West Glamorgan 293 17 276 WALES 4,204 809 3,395 Other appeals have been withdrawn or conceded without a formal hearing.
At the Welsh appeals committee—regional—level 345 appeals have been dealt with and are as follows:
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Year Month Appeals heard Allowed Disallowed Failure to agree 1992 May 1 — — 1 TOTAL 26 — 2 24 West Glamorgan 1990 September 5 2 — 3 1991 March 19 — — 19 July 5 — — 5 August 4 1 1 2 1992 February 2 1 — 1 March 2 1 1 — TOTAL 37 5 2 30 At the national, negotiating council level, six Welsh appeals have been heard and are as follows:
Health authority Appeals heard Allowed Disallowed Failure to agree East Dyfed April 1991 1 1 — — Gwent January 1991 1 1 — — Powys April 1991 4 — — 4