§ Lord Finsbergasked Her Majesty's Government:
How many persons were in post in the National Health Service at the end of May 1979 and the end of May 1993.
§ Baroness CumberlegeIn whole-time equivalent terms there were 971,060 staff in the Hospital and Community Health Service in the United Kingdom in September 1979 and 1,001,250 in September 1992 (the latest available data).