§ Mrs. Renée Shortasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how much each regional health authority will have to find from its existing resources in order to finance that part of the costs of the recent review body pay settlements for nursing and other staff not met from the contingency reserve; and if he will also give total figures for each region to include the costs of the Doctors' and Dentists' Review Body award.
§ Mr. Kenneth ClarkeFurther to my reply of 9 July at column415 the following table shows the estimated part of the costs of pay awards to staff following the review body recommendations which health authorities will be required to meet from their planned cost improvement programmes.
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Regional Health Authority Amount in £ thousands Nurses and Midwives Medical and Dental Professions Ancillary to Medicine Total Northern 1,873 207 121 2,201 Yorkshire 2,093 223 164 2,480 Trent 2,483 264 205 2,952 East Anglian 1,028 116 99 1,243 North West Thames 2,032 249 169 2,450 North East Thames 2,431 315 214 2,960 South East Thames 2,206 260 185 2,651 South West Thames 1,795 192 150 2,137 Wessex 1,538 164 114 1,816 Oxford 1,195 141 110 1,446 South Western 1,834 192 157 2,183 West Midlands 2,857 314 224 3,395 Mersey 1,555 166 115 1,836 North Western 2,569 287 225 3,081