§ Mr. Spearingasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will tabulate in the Official Report for each health authority in England under regional headings the reduction in the numbers of Health Service employees 58W recently determined under the headings of (a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) other medical staff and (d) others, respectively, together with respective regional and national totals.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeThe Government have not determined targets for each staff group nationally or regionally. Each regional health authority has been set a global manpower target and it is for regional health authorities to decide how to allocate this target within their regions. Decisions on the distribution among staff groups will be taken by individual health authorities.
The table below shows the overall changes in manpower for each region between 31 March 1983 and 31 March 1984.
Change in Manpower Required (Whole Time Equivalents) RHA Northern -186 Yorkshire -264 Trent +520 East Anglia +374 North-West Thames -1,000 North-East Thames -1,200 South-East Thames -1,081 South-West Thames -730 Wessex + 40 Oxford + 229 South Western -124 West Midlands -140 Mersey -506 North Western -562 Special health authorities -207 boards of governors Total -4,837