NHS Staff (Hansard, 22 June 1995)

§ Mr. Barry Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many people have been employed by the NHS in Wales in each of the last five years. [29634]

§ Mr. Richards
The information is given in the following table:

Whole-time equivalent number of directly employed NHS staff¹

Date Number

September 1990 53,049

September 1991 53,475

September 1992 54,537

September 1993 54,932

September 1994 54,136

¹ Excluding pre-registration learner nurses. General medical and dental practitioners (some of whom are employed partly as clinical assistants or hospital practitioners by the NHS) and their staff are also excluded.

§ Mr. Jones
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many managers and similar grades were employed in the NHS in(a) 1992 and (b) at the latest date for which figures are available; and if he will make a statement. [29635]

§ Mr. Richards
The information is given in the following table:

Whole-time equivalent number of NHS managers¹

Date Number

September 1992 893

March 1995 1,338

¹ Staff paid on senior managers and managers payscales. Includes staff reclassified as managers following the extension in 1989 of managers terms and conditions of service.

Whole-time equivalent number of directly employed NHS staff¹
Date	Number
September 1990	53,049
September 1991	53,475
September 1992	54,537
September 1993	54,932
September 1994	54,136
¹ Excluding pre-registration learner nurses. General medical and dental practitioners (some of whom are employed partly as clinical assistants or hospital practitioners by the NHS) and their staff are also excluded.

Whole-time equivalent number of NHS managers¹
Date	Number
September 1992	893
March 1995	1,338
¹ Staff paid on senior managers and managers payscales. Includes staff reclassified as managers following the extension in 1989 of managers terms and conditions of service.