§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will publish, for the latest available year, the figures given in table 3.1 of "Health and Personal Social Services Statistics, 1989".
§ Mr. FreemanThe information requested is shown in the table:826W
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Health and personal social services manpower summary1 England Unit As at 30 September 1988 Health service staff and practitioners, and local authority social services staff: Total 1,077,894 Health service staff and practitioners: Total 842,090 Directly employed staff: Total Wte 793,391 Medical and dental staff1: Total 44,749 Hospital medical and dental staff: Total Wte 40,643 Medical staff 37,559 Medical locum staff 1,852 Dental staff 1,183 Dental locum staff 48 Community health service medical and dental staff: Total Wte 4,106 Medical staff 2,789 Medical locum staff 45 Dental staff 1,262 Dental locum staff 10 Nursing and midwifery staff: Total Wte 403,883 Nursing staff: Total Wte 380,265 Administrative staff 2,601 Centrally based services 1,854 Blood transfusion service 1,145 Hospital staff 330,669 Primary health care services2 37,295 Health visitor students 786 Agency nursing staff 5,915 Midwifery staff: Total Wte 23,618 Administrative staff 198 Hospital staff 18,993 Community health services 4,106 Agency midwives 321 Professional and technical staff (excluding works): Total Wte 79,775 Health authorities staff 78,203 Other statutory authorities staff 1,572 Works professional staff: Total Wte 5,323 Health authorities staff 5,301 Other statutory authorities staff 22 Maintenance staff (building and engineering): Total Wte 17,331 Health authorities staff 17,224 Other statutory authorities staff 107 Administrative and clerical staff3: Total Wte 115,951 Health authorities staff 112,312 Other statutory authorities staff 3,639 Ambulance officers and control assistants Wte 2,980 Ambulancemen/women 15,781 Ancillary staff: Total Wte 107,618 Health authorities staff 107,051 Other statutory authorities staff 567 Family practitioner committee service: Practitioners: Total No. 48,699 General medical practitioners: Total4 No. 27,419 Unrestricted principals 25,322 Restricted principals 159
Unit As at 30 September 1988 Assistants 253 Trainees 1,685 General dental practitioners: Total No. 15,070 Principals 14,840 Assistants 230 Ophthalmic medical pratitioners5 No. 832 Ophthalmic opticians 5,378 Local authority social services staff: Total Wte 235,804 Senior directing, managing, professional and advisory staff 5,846 Field social work staff 27,867 Other headquarters, area office and field staff 21,903 Home help service staff 59,968 Day care staff for adults 18,481 Day care staff for children 9,526 Residential care staff for adults 70,346 Residential care staff for children 18,292 Other staff 3,575 Note: Headquarters, blood transfusion centre and mass radiography unit staff are included in the group of staff to which they relate eg "Medical".
1 Includes all full time, part-time, honorary, locum and agency locum staff, but excludes medical practitioners participating in hospital staff funds and occasional sessional staff in community health services.
2 Includes District nurse students.
3 Exludes ambulance officers and includes general managers.
4 At 1 October.
5At 31 December. Dispensing opticians FPC contracts terminated 30 June 1986.
6All figures are provisional.