§ Dr. Evan HarrisTo ask the Secretary of State for Health, if he will estimate how many health care assistants work in the NHS and list the titles they work under; and if he will make a statement. [79732]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 6 November 2002]: Healthcare assistants and other health care support workers work across the range of clinical National Health Service services. The Department and the NHS have developed titles used to identify them over a period of time. Groups identified in the table comprise the total group of clinical health care support staff working in the NHS.
NHS Hospital and Community Health Services (HCHS): "Healthcare Assistants" by area of work in England as at 30 September 2001 whole-time equivalents headcount All staff 152,893 204,925 Healthcare assistants1 25,170 29,764 Nursing assistant/auxiliary 89,063 123,617 STT Helper/assistant 19,300 25,298 Support staff1 19,360 26,246 Note:
Figures are rounded to the nearest whole number Due to rounding totals may not equal the sum of component parts
1 Includes staff in Acute, elderly & general, paediatrics, maternity, psychiatry, learning difficulties, community services, chiropody, occupational therapy, physiotherapy, radiography, speech and language therapy, pathology and other STT.
Source:
Department of Health non-medical workforce census