§ Mr. Ron DaviesTo 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) Final figures for 1993–94 are not yet available.
- (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) 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) 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 DaviesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the number of(a) managers and 606W 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.