§ Mr. Barry JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total cost of salaries for(a) nurses and (b) general practitioners in Wales in the last year for which figures are available. [68365]
Mr. Jon Owen Jones(a) In 1997–98 the total cost of salaries for nursing, midwifery, health visiting was £448.846 million.
(b) General practitioners are independent contractors to the NHS and information on their salaries is not collected centrally.
Source:
Annual accounts of NHS trusts and health authorities 1997–98.
In future this will become the responsibility of the National Assembly.