HC Deb 23 November 1983 vol 49 cc179-85W
Mr. Campbell-Savours

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services, pursuant to his reply to the hon. Member for Holborn and St. Pancras (Mr. Dobson) on 4 November, Official Report, c. 492, what percentage (a) nurses and midwives, (b) administrative and clinical staff and (c) ancillary staff form of the total numbers of persons employed by each health authority.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The following table shows nursing and midwifery staff, administrative and clerical staff and ancillary staff employed in each district health

Trent Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
North Derbyshire 58.4 9.3 22.4
South Derbyshire 50.9 11.3 21.7
Leicestershire 51.1 11.9 23.5
North Lincolnshire 49.5 10.2 23.2
South Lincolnshire 54.3 11.4 24.2
Bassetlaw 55.2 13.2 20.1
Central Nottinghamshire 49.5 10.5 27.9
Nottingham 46.3 12.8 23.7
Barnsley 52.1 13.7 22.7
Doncaster 59.0 11.2 19.6
Rotherham 52.8 11.7 23.8
Sheffield 49.4 11.8 25.9

authority as at 30 June 1983, expressed as a percentage of the total non-medical staff employed at that date. While information on non-medical manpower is collected each quarter, figures for medical and dental staff are collected only at 30 September each year. At 30 September 1982, medical and dental staff represented some 4.6 per cent. of all staff directly employed by health authorities.

Northern Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities 1 Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Hartlepool 55.2 10.8 24.2
North Tees 51.1 13.4 22.6
South Tees 51.7 11.1 20.5
East Cumbria 51.6 11.3 20.3
South Cumbria 55.4 13.5 20.7
West Cumbria 590 9.9 21.9
Darlington 54.1 10.2 26.2
Durham 44.0 13.7 18.9
N.W. Durham 54.7 11.0 24.9
S.W. Durham 59.9 8.2 23.0
Northumberland 60.0 8.5 22.6
Gateshead 52.8 11.7 23.4
Newcastle-upon-Tyne 51.2 12.3 22.3
North Tyneside 53.6 13.7 23.1
South Tyneside 51.2 13.7 24.4
Sunderland 51.6 11.8 25.0

Yorkshire Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Hull 52.6 13.0 23.1
East Yorkshire 55.9 9.6 24.9
Grimsby 55.6 12.1 21.6
Scunthorpe 55.3 13.1 22.0
Northallerton 56.9 11.3 20.3
York 54.8 12.1 22.6
Scarborough 51.0 11.9 25.2
Harrogate 52.6 10.1 24.3
Bradford 54.5 11.8 23.6
Airedale 58.3 9.9 21.1
Calderdale 55.2 10.7 22.8
Huddersfield 54.7 11.1 22.4
Dewsbury 53.5 12.3 23.5
Leeds Western 50.1 11.0 23.0
Leeds Eastern 52.2 8.8 25.7
Wakefield 54.5 10.2 25.0
Pontefract 53.6 10.5 25.3

East Anglia Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Cambridge 48.4 15.6 17.9
Peterborough 51.9 13.7 22.9
East Suffolk 54.8 11.9 22.7
West Suffolk 49.4 12.2 22.7
Norwich 51.6 11.4 22.1
Great Yarmouth & Waveney 53.5 13.9 21.3
West Norfolk & Wisbech 50.9 14.2 23.2
Huntingdon 46.6 17.0 21.3

North West Thames Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwies (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
North Bedfordshire 51.8 16.1 22.5
South Bedfordshire 55.6 11.7 23 .2
North Hertfordshire 52.5 12.1 24.3
East Hertfordshire 52.4 18.0 18.5
North West Hertfordshire 56.3 10.2 22.0
South West Hertfordshire 53.1 13.9 23.1
Barnet 54.2 12.3 23.2
Harrow 43.7 22.2 21.8
Hillingdon 52.0 13.7 20.8

North East Thames Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwives (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Basildon and Thurrock 53.7 11.0 24.3
Mid Essex 42.2 16.9 16.6
North East Essex 57.6 10.1 22.0
West Essex 53.6 12.5 21.2
Southend 53.9 13.5 20.8
Barking/Havering/Brentwood 53.8 12.9 21.7
Hampstead 44.9 13.4 25.8
Bloomsbury 45.4 14.8 25.3
Islington 46.7 17.4 23.9
City and Hackney 45.8 16.0 23.6
Newham 50.6 14.3 23.9
Tower Hamlets 46.9 16.4 21.4
Enfield 51.7 14.0 22.4
Haringey 47.4 16.0 21.9
Redbridge 56.3 12.0 21.8
Waltham Forest 53.4 11.9 25.0

South East Thames Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwives {excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Brighton 47.8 16.3 21.2
Eastbourne 50.3 11.0 24.6
Hastings 54.6 13.4 18.7
South East Kent 49.7 13.3 26.5
Canterbury and Thanet 53.9 12.0 23.4
Dartford and Gravesham 50.4 10.8 29.2
Maidstone 50.0 17.6 22.5
Medway 43.3 12.1 16.9
Tunbridge Wells 54.1 11.6 23.8
Bexley 54.3 13.1 22.6
Greenwich 46.5 13.6 26.9
Bromley 53.7 12.3 22.1
West Lambeth 45.4 16.6 24.8
Camberwell 45.1 16.2 23.6
Lewisham and North Southwark 47.3 16.4 20.5

District Health Authorities Nurses and Midwies (excluding Agency) Administrative and Clerical Ancillary
Hounslow & Spelthorne 50.1 15.6 22.2
Ealing 55.0 12.4 23.2
Brent 51.3 14.1 21.9
Paddington & North Kensington 52.4 15.5 20.9
Hammersmith & Fulham 45.3 18.1 21.4
Victoria 50.7 13.4 23.0

Wessex Regional Health Authority
District health authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
East Dorset 52.0 13.3 19.2
West Dorset 55.0 10.5 22.9
Portsmouth and south east Hampshire 53.9 12.1 22.3
Southampton and south west Hampshire 50.2 13.4 22.6
Winchester 41.2 15.5 16.4
Basingstoke and north Hampshire 54.6 11.9 23.2
Salisbury 56.5 12.0 19.3
Swindon 53.4 11.8 19.2
Bath 55.1 12.1 21.3
Isle of Wight 53.9 11.3 20.6

Oxford Regional Health Authority
District health authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
East Berkshire 54.5 11.8 22.0
West Berkshire 55.6 10.4 22.8
Aylesbury Vale 51.4 11.7 18.8
Wycombe 57.7 13.1 17.7
Milton Keynes 49.7 24.2 13.9
Kettering 57.4 11.3 19.7
Northampton 57.9 10.6 21.1
Oxfordshire 50.8 13.8 18.7

South Western Regional Health Authority
District health authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
Bristol and Weston 46.3 17.0 19.0
Frenchay 55.3 10.6 21.4
Southmead 54.5 11.3 21.3
Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 52.2 11.0 21.7
Exeter 51.6 12.7 21.8
North Devon 52.8 13.3 19.9
Plymouth 54.0 12.4 21.0
Torbay 52.1 11.8 21.1
Cheltenham 55.5 13.1 18.7
Gloucester 51.3 12.6 19.5
Somerset 54.0 11.1 22.1

South West Thames Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
North West Surrey 54.1 12.3 23.1
West Surrey and North East Hants 53.0 12.0 24.5
South West Surrey 48.2 15.4 22.0
Mid-Surrey 56.9 13.1 19.1
East Surrey 48.7 9.8 20.0
Chichester 52.1 15.6 21.0
Mid-Downs 56.0 11.8 21.7
Worthing 48.6 13.1 20.2
Croydon 53.3 11.9 23.8
Kingston and Esher 52.7 14.2 21.8
Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 51.5 16.1 20.0
Wandsworth 49.7 13.9 22.8
Merton and Sutton 53.7 12.1 22.5

West Midland Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
Bromsgrove and Redditch 57.8 13.2 17.4
Herefordshire 59.0 12.0 17.2
Kidderminster and District 58.5 10.2 21.9
Worcester and District 47.7 13.7 19.6
Shropshire 51.3 11.3 20.8
Mid-Staffordshire 490 14.0 17.4
North Staffordshire 54.4 10.7 23.3
South East Staffordshire 52.5 13.2 23.1
Rugby 56.7 13.4 17.9

District Health Authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
North Warwickshire 57.5 10.9 22.7
South Warwickshire 53.1 12.0 20.2
Central Birmingham 44.8 15.5 21.4
East Birmingham 47.9 15.6 21.2
North Birmingham 53.7 14.7 20.4
South Birmingham 51.3 12.9 24.3
West Birmingham 53.3 12.1 23.7
Coventry 53.4 12.9 20.7
Dudley 52.4 14.8 20.9
Sandwell 53.1 14.3 17.9
Solihull 52.8 14.3 20.7
Walsall 56.7 11.5 21.6
Wolverhampton 51.1 13.0 24.0

Mersey Regional Health Authority
District Health Authorities Nurses and midwives (excluding agency) Administrative and clerical Ancillary
Chester 46.5 13.5 21.2
Crewe 55.5 11.2 23.2
Halton 54.1 13.1 19.7
Macclesfield 57.7 9.7 21.6
Warrington 60.9 8.6 21.0
Liverpool 45.6 10.4 29.4
St. Helens with Knowsley 57.2 11.4 20.7
Sefton North 57.9 10.2 21.1
Sefton South 54.5 12.3 21.7
Wirral 55.3 12.9 19.9

Mr. Latham

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services to what factors he attributes the fact that eight regional health authorities had more administrative and clerical staff in post on 30 June 198:3, following the abolition of area health authorities, than on 30 September 1981.

Mr. Kenneth Clarke

The detailed information needed to answer the question is not provided centrally. We have been reducing management costs as a proportion of total costs of the NHS, but we remain concerned about the effectiveness of manpower planning and control in the service. We have taken a number of initiatives to seek to improve it, including the introduction of manpower targets. I hope that implementation of the recommendations of the Griffiths report and the discussions of manpower issues in the regional reviews carried out by Ministers will continue to improve performance.