§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services, further to his reply to the hon. Member for Norfolk, North, Official Report 8 November c. 304, how many and what percentage of the qualified medical staff held administrative appointments.
§ Sir George YoungThe number of doctors in non-clinical posts in the two years in question are not strictly comparable since the reorganisation of the NHS in 1974 meant that many local authority administrative medical staff who were not previously NHS employees were transferred to the NHS. The whole-time equivalent figures of doctors in non-clinical posts in England including for 1971 those estimated to have been in local authority administrative posts are as follows:
1971 1977 900 766 The percentage of these doctors relative to the whole-time equivalents of all doctors in post in England for the same years at 30 September for each year is.
1971 1977 1.9 per cent. 1.4 per cent.