§ Mr. BlunkettTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will update table 3.1 of "Health and Personal Services Statistics for England 1992" by giving the total numbers of health services staff and practitioners, and local authority social services staff on 30 September 1991 and 30 September 1992.
424Wthe financial years 1989–90 and 1990–91, are shown in the tables. Regions are managed in an integrated way and it would be misleading to interpret regional health authority data in isolation from those for the district health authorities they manage. The region totals provide a more valid picture. Information for 1991–92—derivable primarily from annual financial returns—is not as yet available.
§ Mr. Sackville[holding answer 8 December 1992]: I refer the hon. Member to the reply my right hon. Friend gave my hon. Friend the Member for Fulham (Mr. Carrington) today, at column 421.
The remainder of the information requested is in the table.
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Family Health Services and Local Authority Social Services Staff Summary
England: 30 September 1991
Number Family Health Services: Practitioners: Total 49,841 General medical practitioners1: Total 27,888 Unrestricted principals 25,686 Restricted principals 138 Assistants 425 Trainees 1,639 General dental practitioners: Total 15,451 Principals3 14,978 Assistants 473 Opthalmic medical practitioners2 757 Ophthalmic opticians2 5,745 Dispensing opticians Local authority social services staff: Total4 236,043 Senior directing, managing, professional and advisory staff 7,148 Field social work staff 30,675 Other headquarters, area office and field staff 24,068 Home help service staff 57,354
Sunderland health authority—revenue expenditure on salaries and wages Administrative and clerical staff £000 (cash) Nursing and midwifery staff £000 (cash) All other staff £000 (cash) 1987–88 4,755 24,619 21,404 1988–89 5,161 28,883 22,674 1989–90 5,224 31,069 25,065 1990–91 6,169 32,935 27,274 1991–921 6,899 35,711 30,730 1 Provisional figures. Source:
Annual accounts—and annual financial returns for 1991–92—of the Sunderland health authority.
Notes to the table
1. The figures are for gross pay costs and include employer's national insurance and superannuation contributions.
2. For each year 'all other staff' includes medical, dental, professional and technical; ancillary and maintenance staff, etc and the relevant annual costs of general and senior managers (£182,000 in 1987–88 and £1,841,000 in 1991–92).