§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how much expenditure has been allocated by the national health service in Wales on(a) general and senior management staff, (b) administrative and clerical staff, (c) medical staff and (d) nursing staff in each year since 1990; and if he will express the figure as total expenditure and as a percentage of national health service expenditure (i) in general and (ii) on staffing.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe information requested is as follows:
121WSourceHealth Authorities Annual Accounts.
Notes
1. Consists of expenditure by health authorities, the Welsh health common services authority and the health promotion authority for Wales. Excludes the family health services authorities whose corresponding costs are not identifiable on the same basis.
2. With effect from 1991–92, the figures for total revenue expenditure in health authorities' annual accounts include capital charges.
3. It should be noted that over the period some senior nurse professionals have transferred to the senior manager grades; there has been a growth in health care assistants employed in nursing roles; and the introduction of Project 2000 nursing reforms has led to the reclassification of student nurses from salaried nurses to bursaried students.
4. The growth in expenditure on general and senior management staff costs arises from the extension in 1989 of senior managers terms and conditions to second and third level managers, and to the transfer of senior nurses and other professional staff to that group.