Health and Personal Social Services

HC Deb 15 May 2003 vol 405 cc425-6W

Mr. Dodds

To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many(a) clinical staff and (b) non-clinical staff are employed on health and personal social services in Northern Ireland. [113448]

Mr. Browne

Figures showing the number of clinical and non-clinical staff working in health and personal social services in Northern Ireland are shown separately in the following tables.

Table 1: Clinical staff in HPSS organisations as at 31 March 20031
Terms and conditions group	Headcount	WTE2
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting	19,273	16,425.18
Social Services	4,391	4,037.64
Professional and Technical	5,598	4,949.91
Medical and Dental	3,072	2,781.22
Ambulance	111	774.38
Total	33,111	28,968.33
1 Bank staff and home helps have been removed from these figures
2 Whole time equivalent

Table 2: Non-clinical staff in HPSS organisations as at 31 March 20031
Terms and conditions group	Headcount	WTE2
Admin and clerical	11,582	10,199.10
Works and maintenance	554	554.00
Ancillary and general	7,242	5,299.01
Total	19,378	16,052.11
1 Bank staff and home helps have been removed from these figures
2 Whole time equivalent