§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the total number of clerical and administrative workers of all grades employed by the Essex Area Health Authority at its inception and the number employed at the present time.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe latest figures available are for September 1975. The whole-time equivalents of clerical and 1015W administrative staff employed by Essex Area Health Authority are:
30th September 1974 September 1975 1,782.9 1,868.3 NOTE. The figures are for staff covered by the Administrative and Clerical Whitley Council. They include staff of local health authorities transferred to the NHS in 1974 and those of family practitioner committees, but exclude ambulance officers and the special grades.
§ Mr. Newensasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what are the numbers of consultants, junior doctors, trained nurses and other caegories of medical staff employed by the Essex Area Health Authority at its inception and the numbers employed at the present time.
§ Dr. OwenThe figures for nurses are being extracted and I shall send them to my hon. Friend. As regards doctors, the data below relate to the annual census date of 30th September. Consultants and senior registrars working within the area are employed by the NE Thames Regional Health Authority.
Employed by Essex AHA 1974 1975 Junior Doctors (Registrars, senior house officers, house officers) 306 310 Clinical Assistants* 134 153 Community Health Services† 126 180 Other Medical Staff (senior hospital medical officers and medical assistants) 11 5 * Staff engaged in hospital work to whom paragraph 94 of the Terms and Conditions of Service of hospital medical and dental staff apply. † Includes 35 and 29 occasional sessional staff.