§ Mrs. Ann TaylorTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the annual cost of national health service management in the parliamentary constituency of Dewsbury(a) in 1987–88 and (b) in 1992–93.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe pay costs for national health service managers within Dewsbury health authority, amounted to £97,529 in 1987–88 and £1,125,119 in 1992–93. The figures need to be treated with great caution. Managerial staff consists of general and senior managers who did not exist as a separate staff group prior to 1986.
The number of managers in the NHS generally has been deliberately increased since the mid-1980s—not just since the reforms—as the service was previously under managed. Much of the increase arises from the re-classification of existing professional and administrative staff. Salaries and wage costs incurred by family health services authorities are excluded, as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.
Source: Health authority accounts.