§ Mr. Harry GreenwayTo ask the Secretary of State for Health what percentage of the national health service budget is spent on(a) consultants, (b) doctors, (c) nurses and (d) others; how much this represents in cash terms; what were the comparable figures in April 1979; and if he will make a statement.
§ Mr. DorrellInformation derived from annual accounts of health authorities and their predecessor authorities, as submitted to the Department and related to hospital and community health services—HCHS—only, is shown in the table.
Expenditure on family health services has been excluded from the table as such expenditure consists principally of payments to general practitioners and other professionals contracted to the NHS to provide those services.