§ Mr. Ron Lewisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if she will make a statement on the increase in administrative staff by 5 per cent. and a decrease in nursing staff by 10 per cent. since health reorganisation.
§ Dr. Owen,pursuant to his reply [Official Report, 9th March 1976; Vol. 907, c. 206], gave the following information
There has been an increase in establishment of nine administrative and clerical staff—11.4 per cent—in the Cumbria Area Health Authority since April 1974. In the same period, the number of hospital nursing staff increased by 345, but the number of administrative nursing staff decreased by eight making a net increase of 337–11.3 per cent.—in the nursing establishment.