§ Mr. Sproatasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much, in the latest year for which figures are available, has been spent, under the National Health Service, on gold-work dentistry.
§ Sir George YoungIt is estimated that the gross cost of dental treatment involving the use of gold approved for payment under the National Health Service during the year ended 31 December 1979 was £26 million (England and Wales). This represents gross fees for treatment clinically necessary including the dentists' net remuneration, practice expenses, the cost
NHS MANPOWER ENGLAND AS AT 30 SEPTEMBER 1978 WHOLE-TIME EQUIVALENTS Directory Employed Staff Total Whole-time Part-time (wte) (wte) (wte) Nurses and Midwives(1) 347,499 257,401 90,098 Medical and Dental(2) (3)34,505 26,489 (3)8,016 Ancillary 172,177 111,007 61,170 of which: Catering staff 15,978 8,886 7,092 Domestic staff 59,484 21,701 37,783 Porters 23,849 23,359 490 Administrative and Clerical 100,304 80,591 19,713 Professional and Technical 57,237 47,459 9,778 of which: Technicians 25,291 22,587 2,704 Works and Maintenance 25,443 25,398 45 Ambulance staff(4) 17,520 17,444 76 All directly employed staff: 754,685 565,789 188,896 Independent Contractors(5) Number General Medical Practitioners(6)(7) 22,651 General Dental Practitioners 11,919 General Ophthalmic Practitioners(6)(8) 7,051 General Practice Pharmacy Contractors 8,764 All NHS manpower: 805,070 1. Excludes agency nurses and agency midwives. 2. Excludes locum staff, hospital practitioners, part-time medical/dental officers (clinical assistants), general medical practitioners participating in Hospital Staff Funds and occasional sessional staff for whom no wte is collected. 3. Includes 1,226 honorary staff. 4. Includes ambulance officers and control assistants. 5. The figures relate to actual numbers. It is not possible to distinguish between whole and part-time. 6. There is a minor element of double counting between general medical practitioners and ophthalmic medical practitioners. 7. As at 1 October 1978. 8. As at 31 December 1978.