HC Deb 15 May 1989 vol 153 cc37-8W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list for each year since 1979 the numbers of staff expressed as a whole-time equivalent and as actual

Average daily available beds 1979 1980 1981 1982 1983 1984 1985 1986 1987
Acute:
Clwyd 1,420.5 1,434.4 1,391.1 1,400.8 1,399.3 1,371.2 1,342.6 1,337.2 1,354.9
East Dyfed 761.8 763.9 740.9 742.2 741.6 708.1 690.1 694.9 692.9

full-time and part-time members in the categories (a) ancillary, (b) administration and clerical, (c) nurses and midwives and (d) professional and technical.

Mr. Grist

The requested information, which relates to 30 September each year, is given in the tables:

Numbers of staff Whole time equivalents
Full-time Part-time
(a) Ancillary Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA
1979 7,602 7,307 11,879
1980 7,593 7,606 11,939
1981 7,381 7,728 11,839
1982 7,240 7,954 11,784
1983 7,045 7,897 11,559
1984 6,498 7,806 10,964
1985 6,212 8,009 10,757
1986 5,797 7,847 10,210
1987 5,400 7,864 9,810
1988 4,942 7,519 9,117
(b) Administrative and Clerical Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA
1979 5,259 1,584 6,221
1980 5,376 1,631 6,279
1981 5,409 1,676 6,390
1982 5,437 1,755 6,437
1983 5,481 1,779 6,481
1984 5,545 1,879 6,626
1985 5,589 2,067 6,787
1986 5,600 2,244 6,924
1987 5,694 2,375 7,087
1988 5,909 2,426 7,279
(c) Nursing and Midwifery Staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA
11979 16,275 11,228 23,031
1980 16,902 11,792 24,366
1981 17,946 11,785 25,362
1982 18,390 11,956 25,909
1983 18,583 11,745 25,981
1984 19,005 11,751 26,448
1985 19,486 11,965 27,01.4
1986 19,553 12,123 27,187
1987 19,892 12,588 27,764
1988 19,947 12,936 27,920
(d) Professional and Technical staff—NHS Wales including WHCSA
1979 3,197 963 3,621
1980 3,370 1,005 3,737
1981 3,448 1,059 3,849
1982 3,615 1,079 4,018
1983 3,786 1,078 4,161
1984 3,904 1,104 4,466
1985 4,070 1,152 4,649
1986 4,123 1,274 4,771
1987 4,338 1,316 4,993
1988 4,384 1,398 5,111
1 In 1979 standard contract hours for this staff group were 40 hours per week; this was reduced to 37.5 hours for 1980 and subsequent years.

WHCSA—Welsh Health Common Services Authority.

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