HC Deb 12 February 1996 vol 271 cc465-6W
Mr. David Young

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) administrative and (b) medical staff were on the staff of each Bolton hospital in each of the last five years. [10465]

Mr. Malone

[holding answer 22 January 1996]: The number of staff in each Bolton hospital is not available centrally.

Bolton Hospitals national health service trust attained trust attained trust status in April 1994. The only year for which administrative and clerical staff figures are available is 1994. Before then, administrative and clerical staff at the district health authority provided some services to directly managed units and so comparable figures for earlier years are not available.

The number of administrative and clerical staff is collected by the Department of Health's non-medical work force census. The census results are published at national level in a statistical bulletin, copies of which are available in the Library. Regional tables for the 1994 census will also be placed in the Library shortly. Results are not normally published below regional level but are available on request for 1994 at health authority, trust or directly managed unit level. Only limited detailed figures are available for earlier years.

Figures for medical staff are collected by the Department of Health's medical and dental work force census. Since some medical staff are reported at regional level rather than by the individual organisations for which they work it is not possible to identify all medical staff in individual organisations. The results of the medical and dental work force census are available at national and regional level in the Library. References:

  • DH Statistical Bulletin Non-medical Workforce Census: 95/18;
  • DH Statistical Bulletin Non-medical Workforce Census: 1994/11;
  • DH Statistical Bulletin Non-medical Workforce Census: 13/93;
  • DH Statistical Bulletin Non-medical Workforce Census: 1/93;
  • DH Statistical Bulletin 1995/14: Medical and Dental Workforce Census 1984–1994;
  • DH Hospital Medical Staff—England and Wales Regional Tables 30 September 1994.