HC Deb 10 March 1997 vol 292 cc108-9W
Mr. Simon Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health if he will list the overall number of(a) administrative staff, (b) managerial staff, (c) nurses, (d) junior doctors and (e) other medical staff employed in each region in 1995 and 1996. [18772]

Mr. Malone

Information is not available in precisely the format requested. The information available centrally for 1995—the latest available year—is shown in the table.

NHS hospital and community health service (HCHS) and General Medical Service (GMS) staff by selected staff groups by NHS Executive Regional Office areas:
England 1995
Managers1 Clerical and administrative staff2 Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff3 Junior doctors4 Other medical staff5
(wte) (wte) (wte) (headcount) (headcount)
Northern and Yorkshire 3,710 22,470 48,380 3,730 7,550
Trent 2,770 15,920 34,090 2,650 5,080
Anglia and Oxford 2,980 15,790 33,810 2,450 5,760
North Thames 4,420 23,870 48,450 5,210 8,170
South Thames 3,850 23,850 43,680 3,860 7,730
South and West 3,230 21,000 44,360 2,770 7,120
West Midlands 2,930 17,570 36,180 2,540 5,550
North West 2,950 23,450 51,700 3,860 7,310

Notes:

1 Includes HCHS administrative managers and GMS practice managers and fund managers.

2 Includes HCHS clerical and administrative staff, and GMS administrative staff including secretarial and reception staff and computer operators.

3 Includes HCHS nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff (excluding learners and Project 2000 students of which there were 4,580 and 33,000 respectively in England in 1995) and GMS practice nurses.

4 Includes senior registrars, senior house officers and house officers.

5 Includes other hospital medical staff, public health medicine and community health service medical staff and general medical practitioners. All figures are rounded to the nearest ten, consequently, totals may not equal the sum of components.

HCHS figures relate to 30 September 1995

GMS figures relate to 1 October 1995

Sources:

Department of Health's annual medical and dental and non-medical workforce censuses and bi-annual General Medical Service census.

Mr. Hughes

To ask the Secretary of State for Health what was the total number of NHS clerical, administrative and management staff in each year since 1989. [18775]

Mr. Malone

The information requested is shown in the table.

NHS Hospital and Community Health Service (HCHS) and General Medical Services (GMS) management and administrative staff
England 1989 to 19951
Whole-time equivalents
1989 148,030
1990 165,390
1991 179,830
1992 192,600
1993 194,910
1994 198,830
19951 200,500

Notes:

1HCHS figures for 1989 to 1994 are based on staff on general and senior manager payscales and staff on administrative and clerical payscales. A new classification of staff was introduced in 1995 which classifies staff by what they do rather than how they are paid. The figures for 1995 are, therefore, not directly comparable with figures for earlier years.

GMS figures include: secretarial and reception staff in 1989; figures from 1990 also include clerical staff, practice managers and computer operators, and figures for 1995 include fund managers.

All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.

All HCHS figures are at 30 September each year, and GMS figures as at 1 October of each year.

Source:

Department of Health's annual non-medical workforce census and bi-annual General Medical Services census.