§ Mr. FearnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will publish a table in theOfficial Report showing for each area health authority the number of whole-time employed staff and number of hours worked of (a) hospital nurses, (b) midwives, (c) health visitors, (d) district nurses, (e) ancillary staff, (f) ambulance personnel and (g) administrative and clerical staff for each year since 1974 to the latest year for which figures are available.
§ Mr. GristThe information available is given in the table. Staff-in-post figures are derived primarily for NHS payroll records and a break down for nursing and midwifery into the requested categories(a) to (d) is not 739W considered to be sufficiently reliable. Information prior to 1977 is not available by district on a comparable basis to that shown in the table:
Staff in post (whole-time equivalents) as at SO September 1977 1978 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987 Nursing and Midwifery Staff1 Clwyd 2,840 2,966 2,991 3,231 3,427 3,503 3,498 3,528 3,618 3,671 3,673 East Dyfed 2,253 2,252 2,350 2,478 2,507 1,966 2,042 2,106 2,081 2,170 2,194 Pembrokeshire 631 615 640 661 676 679 Gwent 3,460 3,550 3,663 3,964 4,061 4,141 4,221 4,312 4,351 4,354 4,337 Gwynedd 1,632 1,594 1,710 1,809 1,918 1,890 1,862 1,946 2,092 2,031 2,088 Mid Glamorgan 4,279 4,347 4,438 4,604 4,834 4,918 4,904 5,032 5,127 5,160 5,413 Powys 799 888 963 1,041 1,014 1,092 1,149 1,121 1,127 1,104 1,125 South Glamorgan 4,053 4,161 4,211 4,387 4,523 4,607 4,490 4,565 4,640 4,596 4,752 West Glamorgan 2,546 2,628 2,705 2,852 3,078 3,161 3,200 3,198 3,317 3,425 3,503 Ancillary Staff Clwyd 1,246 1,289 1,324 1,412 1,383 1,383 1,350 1,289 1,261 1,221 1,186 East Dyfed 1,140 1,222 1,239 1,200 1,176 917 919 849 813 795 729 Pembrokeshire 259 243 232 205 204 216 Gwent 1,913 1,948 2,013 2,072 2,019 1,978 1,927 1,790 1,703 1,562 1,492 Gwynedd 759 781 796 807 795 794 775 823 835 812 770 Mid Glamorgan 2,041 2,176 2,253 2,262 2,255 2,272 2,241 2,147 2,088 1,978 1,860 Powys 411 424 421 417 412 410 418 395 373 372 359 South Glamorgan 2,444 2,468 2,370 2,323 2,285 2,266 2,224 2,076 2,035 1,859 1,818 West Glamorgan 1,436 1,427 1,444 1,477 1,496 1,486 1,444 1,351 1,432 1,395 1,368 WHCSA2 17 18 19 19 18 19 18 12 12 12 12 Ambulance Personnel3 Clwyd 164 164 167 166 176 177 180 183 181 187 191 East Dyfed 158 154 164 167 166 127 124 130 143 141 150 Pembrokeshire 42 46 46 46 46 46 Gwent 233 233 230 236 239 249 245 242 243 256 245 Gwynedd 136 162 161 161 182 182 186 191 191 185 186 Mid Glamorgan 233 241 245 245 247 240 248 251 250 283 279 Powys 61 67 69 73 76 90 90 89 90 114 119 South Glamorgan 166 172 166 163 168 173 172 184 180 193 207 West Glamorgan 135 137 134 136 142 136 137 144 148 157 166 Administrative and Clerical Staff Clwyd 606 633 636 664 705 708 651 704 740 779 800 East Dyfed 575 600 603 601 603 470 489 501 501 517 518 Pembrokeshire 124 145 156 166 166 174 Gwent 823 812 846 863 872 887 900 936 941 947 965 Gwynedd 395 415 472 443 450 465 469 516 540 560 541 Mid Glamorgan 918 972 995 999 1,007 1,012 1,014 1,035 1,047 1,067 1,097 Powys 154 160 169 174 172 169 178 172 171 171 193 South Glamorgan 1,354 1,391 1,410 1,405 1,429 1,447 1,469 1,443 1,474 1,424 1,490 West Glamorgan 643 654 651 670 681 689 702 710 760 798 824 WHCSA2 426 418 439 460 471 466 464 453 447 495 485 1 No adjustment has been made to take account of the change in the working week of nurses and midwives in 1980. 2 Welsh Health Common Services Authority. The authority does not employ nurses and midwives or ambulance staff. 3 Ambulance personnel includes ambulancemen/women, ambulance officers and control assistants.