§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many administrators or managers with salaries there were in(a) the Department of Health and Social Services, (b) the management executive, (c) the four area boards and (d) the various trusts for the last available year. [37293]
§ Mr. MossThe information is as follows:
DHSS Number with pay Whole-time equivalent DHSS staff employed on health-related matters, excluding the Management Executive 158 153.04 Staff employed in the Management Executive 334 328.37 DHSS total 492 481.41
Trusts Number with pay WTE Belfast City Hospital Trust 536 490.19 Green Park Trust 296 271.27 South and East Belfast Trust 530 443.37 UNDAH Trust 419 355.05 Royal Trust 828 757.31 Mater Trust 140 130.17 North and West Belfast Community Trust 442 387.74 Down and Lisburn Trust 494 440.02 North Down and Ards Trust 294 242.11 Causeway Trust 426 376.44 Craigavon Area Hospital Group Trust 255 233.14 Newry and Mourne Trust 287 250.97 Craigavon and Banbridge Community Trust 222 188.69 NI Ambulance Service Trust 39 37.91 Trust total 5,208 4,604.38 212W
Boards Number with pay WTE Eastern Health and Social Services Board EHSSB Headquarters 226 218.24 Regional Medical Physics Agency 9 7.43 Regional Supplies Service 158 153.08 Blood Transfusion Service 49 44.28 EHSSB Provider Support 33 33.00 EHSSB total 475 456.03 Northern Health and Social Services Board NHSSB Headquarters 169 159.70 Homefirst Community Unit 662 568.38 United Hospital Group 588 516.26 NHSSB total 1,419 1,244.34
Boards Number with pay WTE Southern Health and Social Services Board SHSSB Headquarters 115 110.50 Armagh and Dungannon UOM 361 318.53 SHSSB total 476 429.03 Western Health and Social Services Board WHSSB Headquarters 330 323.09 Altnagelvin Group 199 173.54 Foyle Community 266 229.08 Omagh and Fermanagh Group 328 305.77 Western Board Commissioners 64 58.35 WHSSB total 1,187 1,089.83 Board grant total 3,557 3,219.23
§ Rev. Martin SmythTo ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how much has been spent on self-promotion as distinct from services to patients and clients by(a) the Department of Health and Social Services, (b) the management executive, (c) the four area boards and (d) the various trusts for the last available year. [37294]
§ Mr. MossNeither the Department of Health and Social Services, which includes the management executive, nor any of its agent bodies in the health and personal social services incur expenditure on items which could be termed "self-promotion", as distinct from "public relations". Most HPSS bodies have a public relations function which is concerned with the communication to interested parties of information relating to services, service development, and health and personal social services issues generally.