§ Mr. Dobsonasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give for 1978–79 and for 1984–85 the average pay levels for the following categories of National Health Service staff (a) nursing and midwifery, (b) medical and dental, (c) professional and technical, (d) works, (e) maintenance, (f) administrative and clerical and (g) ancillary, expressing the figures for 1984–85 both in money terms and in 1978–79 terms, as deflated by the retail prices index.
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§ Mr. WhitneyFigures for 1978–79 are not available in any form. The following average gross weekly earnings for full-time staff in 1984–85 are estimated from returns supplied by 10 English regions.
(1) Average gross weekly earnings 1984–85 (1) Col (1) deflated by RPI to show 1978–79 equivalent £ £ a. nursing and midwifery 128.14 72.48 b. medical and dental [Reliable estimates not available] c. professional and technical 146.36 82.78 d. works 221.73 125.41 e. maintenance 159.42 90.17 f. administrative and clerical 123.92 70.09 g. ancillary 111.67 63.16
Table 1 Number of authorised amenity beds on 31 December each year in NHS hospitals Region* 1979 1980 1981 *1982 1983 1984 Northern 216 230 219 215 218 212 Yorkshire 262 264 282 256 309 289 Trent 283 306 280 288 198 175 East Anglian 49 59 50 53 54 47 North West Thames* 88 111 108 92 96 109 North East Thames* 163 127 127 116 86 94 South East Thames* 140 143 189 160 183 164 South West Thames* 328 190 167 173 110 105 Wessex 177 157 146 144 144 144 Oxford 103 79 85 79 79 75 South Western 136 131 200 129 118 123 West Midlands 291 207 203 177 173 159 Mersey 200 198 223 185 172 137 North Western 194 169 167 122 115 118 Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors* 49 55 58 54 36 27 England† 2,679 2,426 2,504 2,243 2,091 1,978 * Because of NHS restructuring in 1982 the regional figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period.
† Regional figures may not sum exactly to the England total because of rounding.
Table 2 Average daily number of beds occupied by amenity patients in NHS hospitals Region* 1979 1980 1981 *1982 1983 1984 Northern 8.7 12.5 17.2 9.0 7.8 8.5 Yorkshire 55.7 51.1 54.4 39.5 35.8 30.9 Trent 25.8 34.2 17.6 17.5 10.5 5.9 East Anglian 3.0 1.8 5.0 1.2 1.1 5.6 North West Thames* 11.1 26.8 21.3 4.9 13.2 8.3 North East Thames* 29.1 10.0 11.2 20.9 11.5 5.8 South East Thames* 8.5 7.9 3.1 2.6 4.4 14.7 South West Thames* 53.4 58.4 35.5 52.9 27.8 17.0 Wessex 15.1 11.5 11.6 10.5 8.5 8.7 Oxford 12.6 4.6 7.1 5.6 4.0 3.6 South Western 8.7 11.4 5.6 5.3 5.2 4.1 West Midlands 8.4 8.7 9.4 4.1 4.0 2.1 Mersey 16.9 15.8 13.4 9.8 9.6 7.7 North Western 12.1 19.3 20.3 12.3 9.4 7.5 Special Health Authorities and Boards of Governors* 10.5 12.3 12.9 7.7 7.5 2.4 England† 279.6 286.3 245.6 203.8 160.3 132.8 * Because of NHS restructuring in 1982 the regional figures are not strictly comparable over the whole period.
† Regional figures may not sum exactly to the England total because of rounding.
Table 3 Discharges and deaths of amenity patients in NHS hospitals Region* 1979 1980 1981 *1982 1983 1984 Northern 444 625 484 516 414 431 Yorkshire 1,485 1,495 1,638 1,280 1,311 1,104