HC Deb 13 December 1994 vol 251 cc605-6W
Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what were the costs of(a) managers and administrators and (b) medical staff in the health service in Wales for each year from 1979 to 1994.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 21 November 1994]: The information requested is set out in the table:

Medical and front-line support
(1) Administrative and clerical £000 (2) Directly employed NHS staff £000 (3) FHSA contractual staff £000
1979–80 27,837 159,593 27,238
1980–81 33,986 220,857 36,434
1981–82 36,702 239,751 40,921
1982–83 37,504 261,243 46,444
1983–84 42,697 278,551 50,538
1984–85 46,136 303,396 56,803
1985–86 48,130 327,455 55,020
1986–87 50,430 360,269 63,485
1987–88 57,170 408,732 70,996
1988–89 63,526 475,481 82,607
1989–90 73,630 542,564 86,186
1990–91 87,367 593,407 91,753
1991–92 107,018 626,260 121,454
1992–93 117,687 683,080 124,219

Source:

Annual accounts—financial returns of HAs, SHAs, FHSAs and Pembrokeshire NHS trust.

Notes:

  1. (1) Final figures for 1993–94 are not yet available.
  2. (2) Column (1) figures include the salaries and wages of general and senior managers, and administrators and clerks in health authorities, SHAs, FHSAs and Pembrokeshire NHS trust, including agency staff.
  3. (3) Column (2) figures include the salaries of medical, dental, nursing, professional and technical staff employed in HAs, SHAs, FHSAs and Pembrokeshire NHS trust. They exclude the costs of ancillary, maintenance and ambulance staff.
  4. (4) Column (3) figures include the estimated earnings and staff costs of GPs and dentists. Those for pharmaceutical and ophthalmic contractors cannot be disaggregated from service costs and are not included.

Mr. Ron Davies

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of(a) managers and administrators and (b) medical staff working within the health service in Wales in each year from 1979 to 1994.

Mr. Redwood

[holding answer 21 November 1994]: The information is given in the table:

Medical and front-line support
1Administrative and clerical (whole-time equivalents) 2Directly employed NHS staff (whole-time equivalents) 3FHSA contractual staff (numbers, of people employed full-time or part-time)
1979 6,229 25,303 2,329
1980 6,287 26,749 2,373
1981 6,398 27,629 2,415
1982 6,446 28,391 2,500
1983 6,530 28,824 2,572
1984 6,675 29,700 2,618
1985 6,837 30,606 2,692
1986 6,969 30,959 2,725
1987 7,087 31,780 2,811
1988 7,326 32,239 2,863
1989 7,667 32,839 2,936
1990 8,185 33,160 2,979
1991 8,865 33,548 3,000
1992 9,498 34,318 3,037
1993 10,082 34,517 3,075
1994 9,905 N/A N/A
1 These figures include all administrative, clerical and managerial staff employed by health authorities, NHS trusts, family health services authorities and the Welsh Health Common Services Authority at 30 September.
2 These figures include:
—medical and dental staff—working in the hospital and community health service, excluding hospital practitioners and clinical assistants.
—nurses and midwives—excluding pre-registration learners
—professional and technical staff.
Since 1991, student and pupil nurses have been classified as students and are no longer included in NHS staff figures.
3These figures include GPs, principal and assistant dentists, ophthalmic medical practitioners and ophthalmic opticians. Staff directly employed by contractual staff—e.g., practice nurses—are not included since complete information is not collected centrally.

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