§ Mr. Ralph Howellasked the Secretary of State for Social Services what is the number of part-time and fulltime employees in the National Health Service in Great Britain in (a)1960, (b)1970, (c) 1980, (d)1981, (e)1982, (f)1983, (g)1984, (h)1985 and (i)1986; and if he will show the increase in each year.
§ Mr. NewtonI am sorry that I am unable to provide all the information my hon. Friend has asked for. Figures for 1960 and 1970 are not available on a comparable basis to those for the other years. Figures for 1986 are not yet available to the level of detail requested. The other figures are shown in the table.
NHS Directly Employed Staff: 30 1 September 2 Great Britain Total Number Whole-Time Number Part-Time Number 1980 1,145,700 712,700 433,000 1981 1,179,000 743,200 435,700 1982 1,189,800 751,100 438,700 1983 1,189,200 752,000 437,300 1984 1,174,900 743,300 431,600 1985 1,171,100 737,800 433,300 Change 1980–81 Number + 33,300 + 30,500 + 2700 Per Cent. + 2.9 + 4. + 0.6 Change 1981–82 Number + 10,900 + 7,900 + 3000 Per Cent. + 0.9 + 1.1 + 0.7 Change 1982–83 Number — 600 + 900 — 1,500 Per Cent. — 0.0 + 0.1 — 0.3 Change 1983–84 Number — 14,300 — 8,700 — 5,600 Per Cent. — 1.2 — 1.2 — 1.3 Change 1984–85 Number — 3,800 — 5,500 + 1,700 Per Cent. — 0.3 — 0.7 + 0.4 Source: DHSS Annual Censuses of NHS medical and non-medical manpower; Welsh Office and Scottish Common Services Agency. 1 All figures arc independently rounded to the nearest 100 (one hundred). Year on year changes are calculated on unrounded figures. 2 Excludes nursing/midwifery agency staff and medical/dental locums. Includes hospital practitioners, part-time medical/dental officers (clinical assistants). Part-time staff includes honorary staff.