HC Deb 01 November 1995 vol 265 cc297-300W
Mrs. Beckett

To ask the Secretary of State for Wales if he will list(a) the number of NHS nurses, (b) the number of NHS general and senior managers, (c) expenditure on administration, (d) the number of patients on the waiting list, (e) the number of operations cancelled on the day of or day after admission to hospital, (f) the

Clwyd East Dyfed Gwent Gwynedd Mid Glamorgan Pembrokeshire
Nursing and Midwifery staff1:
30 September 1990 3,174 2,043 4,014 1,912 4,777 677
30 June 1995 3,239 1,997 3,440 2,011 4,768 711
NHS general and senior managers2
30 September 1990 49 34 54 21 32 16
30 June 19953 151 125 165 61 196 17
Expenditure on administration4:
1990–91 (£000) 9,821 6,793 11,503 6,117 12,504 2,412
1994–95 (£000)5 16,792 11,658 17,220 9,984 20,091 3,973
Number of patients on the waiting list6
In-patients:
30 Septemer 1990 5,941 4,288 9,714 3,360 7,913 2,224
30 September 1995 6,185 3,500 6,252 2,486 6,165 1,717
Day cases:
30 September 1990 1,435 824 1,221 313 550 803
30 September 1995 2,788 3,148 2,814 756 2,747 1,212
Out-patients:
30 September 1990 10,607 5,480 11,949 5,033 18,385 3,318
30 September 1995 13,300 9,486 16,393 7,482 19,040 2,616
Number of patients treated privately in NHS facilities:
In-patients:
1990–91 419 348 106 244 173 159
1994–955 403 152 149 132 199 35
Day cases:
1990–91 129 151 105 117 126 85
1994–955 118 102 114 148 191 41
Out-patient attendances:
1990–91 3,167 1,839 78 367 692 1,489
1994–955 2,190 1,308 149 231 294 1,008
Hospital beds by category1:
Acute:
1990–91 1,234 669 1,395 648 1,739 263
1993–94 1,244 694 1,332 597 1,448 263
Geriatric:
1990–91 509 377 601 382 709 126
1993–94 457 337 553 348 768 114
Maternity:
1990–91 115 48 144 80 192 40
1993–94 106 48 118 70 174 40
Psychiatric:
1990–91 496 466 980 442 1,319 31
1993–94 361 374 627 406 1,087 21
Other:
1990–91 7 1
1993–94 22
Total:
1990–91 2,362 1,562 3,120 1,552 3,959 460
1993–94 2,168 1,454 2,630 1,420 3,499 438
Number of hospitals:
31 March 1991 24 12 18 18 30 3
31 March 1995 22 12 15 14 26 3

number of patients treated privately in NHS facilities as in-patients/day-patients/out-patients, (g) the number of hospital beds by category and (h) the number of hospitals (i) for 1990–91 and (ii) at present for (A) the Welsh health authority areas and (B) Wales. [40795]

Mr. Richards

The available information is given in the table. Figures for NHS trusts are included in the health authority areas in which they are situated.

Information on the number of operations cancelled on the day or of day-after admission to hospital is not available centrally.

Powys South Glamorgan West Glamorgan WHCSA8 Wales
Nursing and Midwifery staff1:
30 September 1990 1,059 4,309 3,043 10 25,017
30 June 1995 928 4,399 3,501 74 25,068
NHS general and senior managers2:
30 September 1990 26 92 67 46 436
30 June 19953 53 290 107 153 1,357
Expenditure and administration4:
1990–91 (£000) 2,850 18,006 9,934 7,370 87,310
1994–95 (£000)5 4,265 29,766 15,535 18,473 147,757
Numbers of patients on the waiting list6:
In-patients:
30 September 1990 40 8,567 7,188 49,235
30 September 1995 325 7,316 6,680 40,626
Day cases:
30 September 1990 17 2,070 208 7,441
30 September 1995 4,296 848 18,609
Out-patients:
30 September 1990 1,385 19,410 15,836 91,403
30 September 1995 1,591 21,724 16,700 108,332
Number of patients treated privately in NHS facilities:
In-patients:
1990–91 118 193 1,760
1994–955 246 47 1,363
Day cases:
1990–91 8 504 1,225
1994–955 1 602 72 1,389
Out-patient attendances:
1990–91 1,163 917 9,712
1994–955 1 1,184 235 6,600
Hospital beds by category7:
Acute:
1990–91 194 1,672 1,241 9,056
1993–94 201 1,486 1,177 8,441
Geriatric:
1990–91 193 443 471 3,811
1993–94 187 432 404 3,600
Maternity:
1990–91 35 137 125 916
1993–94 32 113 104 806
Psychiatric:
1990–91 475 951 463 5,623
1993–94 395 803 510 4,584
Other:
1990–91 8
1993–94 22 44
Total:
1990–91 896 3,203 2,300 19,415
1993–94 815 2,834 2,217 17,475
Number of hospitals:
31 March 1991 14 16 16 151
31 March 1995 13 14 14 133
1 Whole-time equivalents. Excluding pre-registration learner nurses.
2 General managers, senior managers and health authority managers, due to the extension of terms and conditions of service a number of staff from within the administrative and clerical and other staff groups have been reclassified as managers. Managers from all disciplines may be included.
3 Whole-time equivalents (Wte). Figures for East Dyfed include staff who worked for Pembrokeshire Health Authority and Dyfed FHSA. Total includes 39 Wte staff in NHS Ambulance Trusts who cannot be assigned to individual health authority areas.
4 Senior managers and administration/clerical staff costs. Data for East Dyfed includes Dyfed FHSA expenditure.
5 Provisional.
6 By area of intended treatment.
7 Average daily available beds.
8 Welsh Health Common Services Authority.

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