HC Deb 31 July 1997 vol 299 c621W
Mr. Gibb

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what proportion of NHS staff provided direct patient care in(a) 1979 and (b) 1996. [10900]

Mr. Milburn

[holding answer 28 July 1997]: I refer the hon. Member reply that my right hon. Friend the Secretary of State gave him on 22 July at column 736.

Estimates for national health service staff, which comprise hospital and community health services and general medical services as a whole, are not available before 1990.