NHS Staff (Hansard, 16 June 2003)

§ Mr. Hutton

Non-medical staff, including administrative staff, are classified according to a simplified set of occupation codes introduced in 1995. The occupation codes are based on what staff do and make no reference to payscale information. This allows staff in particular work sectors of the national health service to be identified in a consistent way. The relevant groups for administrative staff aresenior managers—staff at executive level (for example, chief executive and board members) plus those managers who report directly to the members of the executive; managers—service and functional managers who report directly to senior managers: and administrative and clerical staff—more junior managers and supervisors as well as those involved principally in administrative duties within the NHS, with no direct patient contact.

Administrative staff work across all the functions in the NHS, including those working in direct support of clinical staff, such as medical secretaries, as well as those who work in hotel and catering and central services such as human resources and finance.

Painters and gardeners are included within the 'hotel, property and estates' area of work within the `maintenance and works' staff group, of whom there were 11,674 employed in the NHS as at September 2001. A breakdown of administrative staff areas of work is shown in the table.

medical staff expenditure broken down by individual health authorities and primary care trusts are in the Library.