§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the total of job losses by category of worker since 1979 in the National Health Service by region and district.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonSuch information as is held centrally relates to staff-in-post whole-time equivalents and is as set out in the following table:—
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Clwyd Dyfed including Pembs. Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glam. Powys South Glam. West Glam. WHCSA Wales September 1986 3,442 3,036 4,082 1,904 4,838 1,035 4,309 3,211 — 25,857 Percentage variation +15.1 +29.2 +11.4 +11.3 +9.0 +7.5 +2.3 +18.7 — +12.3 Professional and Technical September 1979 377 334 508 210 559 74 1,123 436 — 3,621 September 1986 535 448 684 367 686 117 1,341 590 3 4,771 Percentage variation +41.9 +34.1 +34.6 +74.8 +22.7 +58.1 +19.4 +35.3 — +31.8 Works and Maintenance September 1979 212 195 303 106 402 92 387 197 163 2,051 September 1986 221 198 300 161 404 91 400 271 166 2,212 Percentage variation +4.2 +1.5 -1.0 +51.9 +0.5 -1.1 +3.4 +37.6 +1.8 +7.8 Administrative and Clerical3 September 1979 636 603 846 472 995 169 1,410 651 439 6,221 September 1986 779 683 947 560 1,067 171 1,424 798 495 6,924 Percentage variation +22.5 +13.3 +11.9 +18.6 +7.2 +1.2 +1.0 +22.6 +12.8 +11.3 Ambulance September 1979 167 164 230 161 245 69 166 134 — 1,336 September 1986 187 187 256 185 283 114 193 157 — 1,562 Percentage variation +12.0 +14.0 +11.3 +14.9 +15.5 +65.2 +16.3 +17.2 — +16.9 Ancillary September 1979 1,324 1,239 2,013 796 2,253 421 2,370 1,444 19 11,879 September 1986 1,221 999 1,562 812 1,978 372 1,859 1,395 12 10,210 Percentage variation -7.8 -19.4 -22.4 +2.0 -12.2 -11.6 -21.6 -3.4 -36.8 -14.1 Total 1 2 3 September 1979 5,953 5,101 7,881 3,588 9,235 1,822 10,271 5,855 621 50,320 September 1986 6,671 5,815 8,171 4,153 9,640 1,935 10,201 6,739 676 54,001 Percentage variation +12.1 +14.0 +3.7 +15.7 +4.4 +6.2 -0.7 +15.1 +8.9 +7.3 1 Medical and dental figures for September 1986 are not yet available 2 Adjusted to allow for reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980 3 Includes FPC staff
§ Mr. Wigleyasked the Secretary of State for Wales how many people, or whole-time equivalents, are directly employed by the National Health Service in Wales in each district health authority area in each of the following categories (a) medical and dental, (b) nursing and midwifery, (c) professional and technical, (d) works
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NHS Staff in Wales by area and category: Whole-time equivalents as at 30 September 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 11986 Clwyd: Medical and Dental 244 245 246 258 268 273 283 277 286 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 2,840 2,966 2,991 3,231 3,427 3,503 3,498 3,528 3,618 3,671 Professional and Technical 338 357 377 401 416 439 441 467 504 535 Works (Prof) 203 212 25 27 29 30 27 31 32 34 Maintenance 187 192 199 192 188 187 182 187 Administrative and Clerical 606 633 636 664 705 708 651 704 740 779 Ambulance 164 164 167 166 176 177 180 183 181 187 Ancillary 1,246 1,289 1,324 1,412 1,383 1,383 1,350 1,289 1,261 1,221 East Dyfed3: Medical and Dental 186 199 216 222 225 173 179 186 191 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 2,253 2,252 2,350 2,478 2,507 1,966 2,042 2,106 2,081 2,170 Professional and Technical 284 313 334 330 343 265 281 304 307 333 Works (Prof) 169 199 24 28 28 24 22 23 22 23 Maintenance 171 173 182 141 140 138 137 136 Administrative and Clerical 575 600 603 601 603 470 489 501 501 517 Ambulance 158 154 164 167 166 127 124 130 143 141 Ancillary 1,140 1,222 1,239 1,200 1,176 917 919 849 813 795 professional, (e) maintenance, (1) administrative and clerical, (g) ambulance and (h) ancillary; and what are the corresponding figures for each year since 1977.
§ Mr. Mark RobinsonThe required information is given in the following table:
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1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 11986 Gwent: Medical and Dental 287 298 318 321 330 338 342 340 340 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 3,460 3,550 3,663 3,964 4,061 4,141 4,221 4,312 4,351 4,354 Professional and Technical 475 490 508 529 550 571 619 649 673 684 Works (Prof) 289 303 40 43 44 45 45 46 45 50 Maintenance 263 264 265 269 267 265 258 250 Administrative and Clerical 823 812 846 863 872 887 900 936 941 947 Ambulance 233 233 230 236 239 249 245 242 243 256 Ancillary 1,913 1,948 2,013 2,072 2,019 1,978 1,927 1,790 1,703 1,562 Gwynedd: Medical and Dental 133 123 133 139 147 152 151 164 164 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 1,632 1,594 1,710 1,809 1,918 1,890 1,862 1,946 2,092 2,031 Professional and Technical 174 191 210 227 247 270 278 335 350 367 Works (Prof) 93 101 17 19 30 29 30 32 30 30 Maintenance 89 91 111 105 115 131 131 131 Administrative and Clerical 395 415 472 443 450 465 469 516 540 560 Ambulance 136 162 161 161 182 182 186 191 191 185 Ancillary 759 781 796 807 795 794 775 823 835 812 Mid Glamorgan: Medical and Dental 299 324 343 368 373 379 379 392 384 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 4,279 4,347 4,438 4,604 4,834 4,918 4,904 5,032 5,127 5,160 Professional and Technical 476 522 559 573 574 577 595 644 678 686 Works (Prof) 353 377 52 56 55 55 55 55 56 55 Maintenance 350 341 346 351 336 337 351 349 Administrative and Clerical 918 972 995 999 1,007 1,012 1,014 1,035 1,047 1,067 Ambulance 233 241 245 245 247 240 248 251 250 283 Ancillary 2,041 2,176 2,253 2,262 2,255 2,272 2,241 2,147 2,088 1,978 Powys: Medical and Dental 33 34 34 35 34 33 35 34 35 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 799 888 963 1,041 1,014 1,092 1,149 1,121 1,127 1,104 Professional and Technical 53 59 74 79 81 96 98 111 109 117 Works (Prof) 82 88 15 12 12 12 13 13 13 13 Maintenance 77 78 79 80 79 77 80 78 Administrative and Clerical 154 160 169 174 172 169 178 172 171 171 Ambulance 61 67 69 73 76 90 90 89 90 114 Ancillary 411 424 421 417 412 410 418 395 373 372 South Glamorgan Medical and Dental 580 588 604 599 634 644 660 653 675 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 4,053 4,161 4,211 4,387 4,523 4,607 4,490 4,565 4,640 4,596 Professional and Technical 1,050 1,091 1,123 1,142 1,166 1,210 1,244 1,32! 1,345 1,341 Works (Prof) 375 389 44 45 45 46 45 50 51 48 Maintenance 343 353 347 349 343 346 349 352 Administrative and Clerical 1,354 1,391 1,410 1,405 1,429 1,447 1,469 1,443 1,474 1,424 Ambulance 166 172 166 163 168 173 172 184 180 193 Ancillary 2,444 2,468 2,370 2,323 2,285 2,266 2,224 2,076 2,035 1,859 West Glamorgan: Medical and Dental 267 283 288 292 297 301 304 308 317 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 2,546 2,628 2,705 2,852 3,078 3,161 3,200 3,198 3,317 3,425 Professional and Technical 399 428 436 456 472 499 505 527 569 590 Works (Prof) 184 190 32 32 32 33 34 32 39 43 Maintenance 165 156 154 168 162 180 194 228 Administrative and Clerical 643 654 651 670 681 689 702 710 760 798 Ambulance 135 137 134 136 142 136 137 144 148 157 Ancillary 1,436 1,427 1,444 1,477 1,496 1,486 1,444 1,351 1,432 1,395 Pembrokeshire: Medical and Dental — — — — — 60 71 66 73 .. Nursing and Midwifery2 — — — — — 631 615 640 661 676 Professional and Technical — — — — — 91 100 108 114 115
1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1 1986 Works (Prof) — — — — — 3 3 4 4 4 Maintenance — — — — — 45 44 37 37 35 Administrative and Clerical — — — — — 124 145 156 166 166 Ambulance — — — — — 42 46 46 46 46 Ancillary — — — — — 259 243 232 205 204 1 Figures for medical and dental staff are not yet available for 1986. 2 No adjustment has been made to take account of the change in nurses and midwives working week in 1980. 3 Including figures for Pembrokeshire for 1977–1981, when a single health authority served the whole of Dyfed.