NHS (Staff Statistics) (Hansard, 18 November 1985)

§ Mr. Pendry

asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many (a) ancillary staff, (b) maintenance staff, (c) ambulance staff and (d) nurses and midwives

NHS directly-employed staff^* England Whole time equivalents
30 September
	1978	1979	1980	1981	1982	1983	1984
	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total	WTE	Percentage of total
Ancillary†	172,200	22.7	171,900	22.2	172,000	21.7	172,200	20.9	170,500	20.6	166,200	20.1	152,200†	18.6
Maintenance	19,900	2.6	20,100	2.6	20,600	2.6	21,000	2.6	21,000	2.5	20,800	2.5	20,200	2.5
Ambulance	17,500	2.3	17,100	2.2	17,800	2.2	18,200	2.2	18,300	2.2	18,400	2.2	18,100	2.2
Nursing and Midwifery‡	351,000	46.2	358,400	46.3	370,100	46.7	391,800	47.6	397,100	47.9	391,100	48.0	397,500	48.6
Other Staff†║	199,100	26.2	205,800	26.6	211,500	26.7	219,200	26.7	221,600	26.7	224,900	27.3	229,200	28.0
Total	759,700	100.0	773,300	100.0	791,900	100.0	822,400	100.0	828,500	100.0	827,400	100.0	817,200	100.0
^* Whole time equivalents shown rounded to the nearest 100. Percentage based on unrounded figures. Because of rounding, the sum of the component group may differ from the total.
† At 1 April 1984, operating Department Assistants transferred from the Ancillary to the Professional and Technical staff group. Figures for 1984 are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
‡ Includes agency staff.
║ Administrative and clerical, medical and dental (includes locums), professional and technical staff.

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were working in the National Health Service for each year since 1978, expressed in absolute numbers and as a percentage of total National Health Service staff.