§ Mr. Mike Thomasasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will provide the number or the most recent estimates of medical and dental staff, nursing and 61W midwifery staff, professional and technical staff, ancillary staff, and administrative and clerical staff employed in hospitals in England in 1980 and 1981.
§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThe latest year for which comparable and complete information is available is 1980; for 1981 only provisional total whole-time equivalent
NHS Directly Employed Staff—England (30 September) Whole-time equivalents 1980 1981 Hospital Other Total Total‡ Medical and Dental* 33,900 4,300 38,200 39,000 Nursing and Midwifery† 330,200 390,900 370,100 392,200 Professional and Technical (excluding Works) — — 61,900 63,100 Works Professional — — 5,900 6,100 Ancillary — — 172,000 172,400 Administrative and Clerical — — 105,400 108,600 * Includes locums; excludes hospital practitioners, part-time medical officers (clinical assistants), general medical practitioners participating in Hospital Staff Funds and occasional sessional staff in the Community Health Services. † Includes agency nurses and midwives and health visitor students. ‡ Provisional.