§ 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.
National Health Service staff in post in Wales on 30 September (WTE) Clwyd Dyfed including Pembs. Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glam. Powys South Glam. West Glam. WHCSA Wales Medical and Dental1 September 1979 246 216 318 133 343 34 604 288 — 2,181 September 1985 286 264 340 164 384 35 675 317 — 2,465 Percentage variation1 +16.3 +22.2 +6.9 +23.3 +11.9 +2.9 +11.7 +10.1 — +13.0 Nurse and Midwifery2 September 1979 2,991 2,350 3,663 1,710 4,438 963 4,211 2,705 — 23,031 September 1986 3,442 2,668 4,082 1,904 4,838 1,035 4,309 3,211 — 25,488 Percentage variation +15.1 +13.5 +11.4 +11.3 +9.0 +7.5 +2.3 +18.7 — +10.7 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 Total1 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 5,447 8,171 4,153 9,640 1,935 10,201 6,739 676 53,632 Percentage variation +12.1 +6.8 +3.7 +15.7 +4.4 +6.2 -0.7 +15.1 +8.9 +6.6 1 Medical and dental figures for September 1986 not yet available. 2 Adjusted to allow for reduction in nurses' working hours in 1980. 3 Includes FPC staff.