§ Mr. MilburnTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, pursuant to the answer of 13 December 1994,Official Report, column 616, if he will now update the figures on NHS salary costs.
§ Mr. MaloneThe information is shown in the table. The increase in general and senior management costs are largely a result of(a) the reclassification of staff from professional and administrative groups, including many senior nurses, as managers; (b) the devolution to trusts of areas of work formally covered by district health authorities or regional health authorities (c) deliberate strengthening of the management of corporate functions and clinical support.
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Hospital and Community Health Services salary costs for managerial staff at 1993–94 prices Region 1993–94 £000s Northern 34,347 Yorkshire 56,232 Trent 47,527 East Anglia 25,495 N.W. Thames 39,903 N.E. Thames 64,104 S.E. Thames 47,296 S.W. Thames 49,381 Wessex 36,742 Oxford 28,029
Hospital and Community Health Services salary costs for managerial staff at 1993–94 prices Region 1993–94 £000s South Western 36,281 West Midlands 58,348 Mersey 32,089 North Western 46,554 SHAs 9,357 Total 611,685
Hospital and Community Health Services salary costs for administrative and clerical staff at 1993–94 prices Region 1993–94 £000s Northern 91,995 Yorkshire 104,807 Trent 133,838 East Anglia 57,119 N.W. Thames 133,955 N.E. Thames 150,571 S.E. Thames 144,593 S.W. Thames 101,756 Wessex 80,697 Oxford 75,455 South Western 93,430 West Midlands 158,335 Mersey 73,092 North Western 131,502 SHAs 31,439 Total 1,562,584
Hospital and Community Health Services salary costs for nursing and midwifery staff at 1993–94 prices Region 1993–94 £000s Northern 413,134 Yorkshire 450,659 Trent 584,876 East Anglia 245,503 N.W. Thames 423,533 N.E. Thames 531,040 S.E. Thames 453,885 S.W. Thames 387,124 Wessex 357,086 Oxford 282,770 South Western 430,190 West Midlands 617,172 Mersey 302,965 North Western 562,107 SHAs 91,968 Total 6,134,012 Source:
Annual financial returns of regional, district and special health authorities for the London postgraduate teaching hospitals, and NHS trusts.
Notes:
1. Salaries and wages costs incurred by family health services authorities and the special hospitals service authority (HQ London, Broadmoor, Ashworth and Rampton hospitals) and the UK transplant support service are excluded as corresponding costs are not identified on the same basis.
2. Managerial staff consists of general and senior managers.
3. These final figures are based upon gross costs including employers' National Insurance and superannuation contributions.
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