§ Mr. LofthouseTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will give the numbers of(a) nurses, (b) doctors and (c) other technical personnel employed 39W by the Pontefract district health authority (i) in the last year for which figures are available and (ii) 10 years previously.
§ Mrs. Currie[holding answer 30 November 1987]: Such information as is available is shown in the table. I regret that information to this level of detail is not centrally available for 1976. Figures for medical and dental staff exclude senior registrars and consultants whose contracts are held by the regional health authority, and not by the individual district.
National Health Service staff in post Pontefract district health authority at 30 September 1Whole-time equivalents 1986 Medical and dental2 70 Nursing and midwifery3 1,100 Professional and technical (excluding works) 190 Source: DHSS annual censuses of National Health Service medical and non-medical manpower. 1 Figures are independently rounded to the nearest ten whole-time equivalents. 2 Includes all permanent paid, honorary and locum staff in the hospital and community health services. 3 Includes agency staff.