§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will give the latest figures and list for each of the last four years by region the number of(a) doctors, (b) nurses, (c) midwives, (d) health visitors, (e) administration and clerical staff and (f) managers.
§ Mr. Gwilym JonesThe available information is given in the table.
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Staff in post (whole-time equivalents) at Health authority area1 September 1990 September 1991 September 1992 September 1993 March 1994 Nursing and Midwifery staff3 Learners 56 56 36 21 10 Other 677 686 643 544 525 Administrative and clerical staff 212 233 154 107 92 Managers4 16 17 3 1 1 Powys Doctors2 42 39 43 43 — Nursing and Midwifery staff3: Learners 53 50 34 23 19 Other 1,059 1,084 1,044 1,010 1,009 Administrative and clerical staff 201 216 229 243 241 Managers4 25 38 39 52 54 South Glamorgan Doctors2 679 684 697 702 — Nursing and Midwifery staff3: Learners 628 678 455 250 159 Other 4,309 4,197 4,378 4,359 4,390 Administrative and clerical staff 1,566 1,598 1,716 1,674 1,668 Managers4 87 133 187 183 189 West Glamorgan Doctors2 339 371 398 398 — Nursing and Midwifery staff3: Learners 502 480 338 183 118 Other 3,043 3,080 3,181 3,222 3,265 Administrative and clerical staff 900 940 1,005 1,074 1,083 Managers4 67 79 89 93 101 WHCSA5 Doctors2 14 14 14 14 — Nursing and Midwifery staff3: Learners — — — — — Other 10 72 73 77 73 Administrative and clerical staff 658 766 794 1,064 1,046 Managers4 27 70 86 117 133 Wales Doctors2 2,648 2,689 2,821 2,934 ߞ Nursing and Midwifery staff3 — — — — — Learners 3,075 2,934 1,970 1,033 572 Other 25,018 25,028 25,451 25,206 25,153 Administrative and clerical staff 7,653 8,050 8,347 8,577 8,540 Managers4 416 683 848 1,028 1,095 Notes: 1Includes staff employed by those Family Health Service Authorities using Health Authority payroll systems. The use of locally devised payscales from 1991 may affect the comparability of figures as these staff cannot be allocated centrally to specific staff group and are not, therefore, included above. This affects figures for Pembrokeshire in particular. Staff employed by NHS Trusts have been amalgamated with the health authority area in which they are situated in order to show comparisons over time. 2Doctors working in the hospital and community health service. The figures are obtained from an annual census of staff in post on 30 September and, therefore, no figures are available for March 1994. 3Reliable estimates of the numbers of nursing staff employed in specific occupational groups, such as midwives and health visitors, are not available centrally. Since the autumn of 1991 learner (student) nurses have been classified as students and are no longer included in the NHS staff figures. Learner staff numbers shown in the table for 1992 onwards are learners finishing courses started before this change took place. 4General managers, senior managers and managers. 5Certain responsibilities and staff have transferred to the Welsh Health Common Services Authority from Health Authorities in recent years, affecting the comparability of figures over time.