§ Mr. Ralph HowellTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will state the average work week, in hours, for National Health Service staff for 1970, 1979, 1984 and 1988, respectively.
National Health Service directly employed staff by main group at 30 September each year: England Numbers and whole-time equivalents 1979 1984 21987 Numbers Whole-time equivalents Numbers Whole-time equivalents Numbers Whole-time equivalents Medical and Dental (incl. Locums) 51,600 39,000 54,900 42,300 56,300 43,000 Nursing and Midwifery (incl. Agency) 424,800 358,400 462,400 397,500 479,800 404,000 Professional and Technical (excl. works) 76,100 60,100 86,900 72,700 93,200 79,000 Works professional 5,600 5,600 6,000 6,000 5,700 5,700 Maintenance 20,100 20,100 20,200 20,200 18,500 18,500 Administrative and Clerical 121,500 103,000 130,100 110,300 136,400 114,600 Ambulance (incl. officer) 17,200 17,100 18,300 18,100 19,700 19,000 Ancillary 219,400 171,900 199,000 152,200 3157,300 3115,100 Total employed staff 936,400 775,300 977,700 819,300 3966,900 3798,800 Source: Department of Health (SR7) Annual Censuses of National Health Service medical and non-medical manpower.
Notes:
1 All figures are independently rounded to the nearest one hundred (100) whole time equivalents.
2 Figures include staff in "other statutory authorities" (eg Public Health and Laboratory Service and the Health Education Authority) not previously collected in Annual Manpower censuses. (Around 2,700 whole time equivalent staff in total are thus included for the first time) Figures are therefore not directly comparable with those for earlier years.
3 Part of the reduction in staff is attributable to the effects of competitive tendering in ancillary staff groups.