§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list the separate classifications or grades into which the National Health Service staff is divided (a) at the present time and (b) in 1960.
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§ Mr. Geoffrey FinsbergThere are currently about 5,000 combinations of grade and area of work in the National Health Service: these are listed in the booklets of manpower statistics in the House of Commons Library. There are alternatively several hundred Whitley council grades recognised for pay purposes. Definitions of grades have changed considerably over the last 20 years reflecting medical advances and changes in the operation of the health service and it is not now possible to provide comparable details of grades and areas of work for 1960. If my hon. Friend has any particular point in mind I will try to assist him further.