§ Mr. LlwydTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales, what proportion of NHS expenditure in Wales goes on salaries; what proportion of the salaries bill is accounted for by non-medical staff; and if he will make a statement. [29061]
§ Mr. RichardsThe following is the information:
NHS Expenditure (Wales) £000 Percentage NHS revenue expenditure in 1993–94 was: 1,443,652 — The amount spent on salaries was: 951,937 66 The proportion of salaries bill accounted for by non-medical staff was: 262,894 28 Source:
Annual Accounts/Financial returns of DHAs, SHAs, FHSAs, NHS Trusts and Welsh Office records.
Notes:
1. 1993–94 data is provisional and the latest available.
2. Expenditure on non-medical staff includes the salaries and wages of general and senior managers, administrators and clerks, ancillary, maintenance, ambulance and "other non-specified" employees in health authorities, SHAs, FHSAs and NHS trusts. The chairmen's and non-executive members remuneration is also included. The costs of GPs' administrative staff are not included in the "non-medical" calculation as this information is not separately collected.
3. Non NHS staff (agency etc) are excluded from the non-medical staff proportion at this expenditure is not analysed by staff category.