§ Mr. Alan Howarthasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many staff were employed in the
30 September NHS staff*†‡(WTE)║¶ In-patient discharges and deaths (thousands) Day case attendances (thousands) Out-patient attendances (thousands) England and Wales 1954 .. 3,630 .. 27,900 England and Wales 1959 ║473,200 4,000 .. 29,046 England and Wales 1964 ║513,600 4,724 .. 30,822 England and Wales 1969 555,400 5,282 .. 32,846 England 1974 664,600 5,172 450 33,352 England 1979 764,400 5,400 592 34,100 England 1982 820,500 5,720 706 35,651 England ●1983 819,400 6,019 815 36,517 Notes:
* Figures for NHS staff prior to 1974 include staff in hospital and centrally based services only; figures for 1974 and later years include staff in community health services which were transferred into the NHS on 1 April 1974.
† Locum medical and dental staff, hospital practitioners, clinical assistants and general medical practitioners participating in Hospital Staff Funds, and agency nursing and midwifery staff are excluded.
‡ Dental Estimates Board and Prescription Pricing Authority staff are excluded.
║ Figures for 1959 and 1964 are a mixture of numbers and whole-time equivalents.
¶ Rounded to the nearest 100.
●Provisional figures.
.. Not available.