NHS Salaries (Hansard, 27 February 1990)

§ Mr. Freeman

Information derived from annual accounts submitted to the Department for the financial years 1974–75 to 1988–89 is shown in the table:

National Health Service Revenue Expenditure on Salaries and Wages—England
	£000 (cash)	£000 (at 1988–89 prices)
1974–75	1,792,700	7,078,960
1975–76	2,358,604	7,407,007
1976–77	2,691,746	7,458,290
1977–78	2,921,599	7,111,610
1978–79	3,278,452	7,208,890
1979–80	3,992,720	7,517,334
1980–81	5,242,795	8,341,130
1981–82	5,724,522	8,295,462
1982–83	6,079,370	8,216,451
1983–84	6,413,654	8,281,502
1984–85	6,778,435	8,338,085
1985–86	7,149,107	8,345,868
1986–87	7,719,927	8,718,422
1987–88	8,504,072	9,120,617
1988–89	9,601,003	9,601,003

Sources:

Annual accounts of regional and district health authorities', those of the special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals and of family practitioner committees (FPCs). (For the earliest years the annual accounts of predecessor authorities e.g. area health authorities which were abolished on 1 April 1982).

Notes:

1. The figures include the total pay costs of the health authorities' directly and indirectly employed staff (agency, etc) and include employers' superannuation and national insurance contributions. Similar costs forming part of the administrative expenses of FPCs are included but payments to doctors, pharmacists and others contracted with the NHS to provide family practitioner services are excluded. Comparatively small salaries and wages costs charged to capital accounts by health authorities are also excluded.

2. The figures for the earlier years have been expressed at 1988–89 prices by use of the Gross Domestic Product deflator.

3. From 1 April 1974 (NHS Reorganisation) the accounts of health authorities included income and expenditure in respect of health services transferred from local government authorities to the NHS. Therefore, information for the years prior to 1974–75 is not comparable to that for more recent years.