HC Deb 13 February 1990 vol 167 cc163-4W
Mr. Robin Cook

To ask the Secretary of State for Health (1) what will be the total cost to health authorities of the increases in pay for hospital doctors from April; and how much of that sum will be provided by additional central Government funding;

(2) what will be the total cost to health authorities of the increases in pay for nurses from April; and how much of that sum will be provided by additional central Government funding.

Mrs. Virginia Bottomley

The total cost in 1990–91 of pay increases for National Health Service review body staff groups is £884 million in the United Kingdom. The cost of the increases for nurses and midwives is £523 million, and for hospital doctors and dentists it is £146 million. Of the total United Kingdom cost, £635 million is already within existing National Health Service provision, and an additional £205 million will be provided from the reserve. This additional funding is not specifically apportioned between the different National Health Service review body groups.

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