§ Mr. John Mooreasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been employed in the hospital and community health centres of the National Health Service for the years 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, and 1977–78; of these, in each year how many are (a) administrative and clerical staff and (b) hospital medical staff; and if he will provide for the same year the totals and breakdowns in the same manner for the South-West Thames area health authority.
§ Mr. DeakinsThe information requested is given in the following tables: 683W
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TABLE 1 NHS STAFF STATISTICS, 30 SEPTEMBER ENGLAND Whole-time equivalents 1973 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Hospital and Prime Health Care Service Staff*—Totalof which: … … 656,684 664,609 708,878 735,730 739,469 — (a) Total Administrative and Clerical Staff† … … 68,846 73,793 82,332 88,356 88,819 — (b) Total Medical and Dental Staff‡ … … 29,570 30,105 31,796 32,664 33,492 36,599 Hospital medical staff … … 24,829 25,618 26,922 27,686 28,397 30,998 Hospital dental staff … … 742 789 838 853 895 980 Community Health medical staff … … 2,525 2,347 2,565 2,681 2,734 2,986 Community Health dental staff … … 1,474 1,351 1,471 1,444 1,466 1,635 * Excludes Family Practitioner Committee practitioners, Dental Estimates Board Staff and Prescription Pricing Authority Stall. †Includes Family Practitioner Service administrative and clerical staff and support services managers but excludes ambulance officers. ‡Figures relating to hospital medical and dental staff exclude locums, hospital practitioner appointments and doctors holding paragraph 96 appointments and dentists holding paragraph 107 appointments under the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff. Figures relating to Community Health medical and dental staff include Local Authority staff for 1973. Figures from 1974 onwards exclude locum or temporary staff and occasional sessional staff for whom no wte was collected.
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TABLE 2 NHS STAFF STATISTICS, 30 SEPTEMBER SOUTH WEST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY Whole-time equivalents 1973§ 1974 1975 1976 1977 1978 Hospital and Primary Health Care Service Staff*—Totalof which: … … … 44,235 47,340 49,096 48,551 … (a)Total Administrative and Clerical Staff† … … … 5,378 6,132 6,398 6,407 … (b)Total Medical and Dental Staffs‡ … … … 1,776 1,911 2,000 2,065 … Hospital medical staff … … 1,288 1,502 1,611 1,681 1,716 … Hospital dental staff … … 14 58 63 56 68 … Community Health medical staff … … … 138 148 166 184 … Community Health dental staff … … … 78 89 97 97 … * Excludes Family Practitioner Committee practitioners, Dental Estimates Board Staff and Prescription Pricing Authority Staff. † Includes Family Practitioner Service administrative and clerical staff and support services managers but excludes ambulance officers. ‡Figures relating to hospital medical and dental staff exclude locums, hospital practitioner appointments and doctors holding paragraph 96 appointments and dentists holding paragraph 107 appointments under the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff. Figures relating to Community Health medical and dental staff include Local Authority staff for 1973. Figures from 1974 onwards exclude locum or temporary staff and occasional sessional staff for whom no wte was collected. §Figures relate to the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and are not directly comparable with figures for later years