§ Mr. LetwinTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many whole time equivalent(a) managers, (b) senior managers and (c) clerical and administrative staff were working in the NHS in England on 1 December, using the definitions in Table 6A of the Department's report, NHS hospital and community health services non-medical staff in England: 1991–2001. [145728]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 5 January 2004]: The information requested as at 30 September 2002, the latest available data, is shown in the table.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: Administration and Estates staff in England as at 30 September 2002 Whole-time equivalent Total Administration and Estates staff 201,777 Senior manager 11,420 Manager 19,494 Clerical and administrative 158,978 Maintenance and works 11,831 Unclassified 54 Notes: Figures are rounded to the nearest whole-number
Source:
Department of Health Non-medical Workforce Census
The definitions of administrative staff were changed for the 2002 non-medical workforce census to more accurately reflect their roles in the National Health Service. Until the September 2002 bulletin, table 6a showed a breakdown of the whole administrative and estates group, including staff working in direct support to clinical staff. It now shows those staff working in central functions and hotel, property and estates as well as managers, clerical and administrative staff working in central functions. Staff such as medical secretaries have been more appropriately classified as working in direct support to clinical staff. The more appropriate table 6a for September 2002 is shown in the following table. Hotel, property and estates staff includes laundry, catering and domestic services staff; essential for the day-to-day running of hospitals.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services: NHS infrastructure support in England as at 30 September 2002 Whole-time equivalents NHS infrastructure support 158,026 Central functions—administrative and clerical staff 72,730 Hotel, property and estates 54,382 Manager 19,494 Senior Manager 11,420 Notes:
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole-number
Source:
Department of Health Non-medical Workforce Census