§ Mr. LansleyTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many staff are reported in the September 2003 Workforce Census as being employed by each strategic health authority. [163927]
§ Mr. Hutton[holding answer 26 March 2004]: The information requested is shown in the table. Between September 2002 and 2003, the number of staff employed by strategic health authorities (SHAs) fell by 12 per cent.
Hospital, Public Health Medicine and Community Health Services (HCHS) staff and NHS hospital and community health services: Medical and non-medical staff directly employed by Strategic Health Authorities in England as at 30 September 2003 Headcount All medical and dental and non-medical staff England 3,540 Q01 Norfolk, Suffolk and Cambridgeshire SHA 65 Q02 Bedfordshire and Hertfordshire SHA 70 Q03 Essex SHA 69 Q04 North West London SHA 109 Q05 North Central London SHA 131 Q06 North East London SHA 163 Q07 North East London SHA 104 Q08 South West London SHA 91 Q09 Northumberland, Tyne and Wear SHA 105 Q10 County Durham and Tees Valley SHA 92 Q11 North and East Yorkshire and Northern Lincolnshire SHA 67 Q12 West Yorkshire SHA 82 Q13 Cumbria and Lancashire SHA 55 Q14 Greater Manchester SHA 169 Q15 Cheshire and Merseyside SHA 208 Q16 Thames Valley SHA 133 Q17 Hampshire and Isle Of Wight SHA 144 Q18 Kent and Medway SHA 89 Q19 Surrey and Sussex SHA 299 Q20 Avon, Gloucestershire and Wiltshire SHA 66 Q21 South West peninsula SHA 114 Q22 Dorset and Somerset SHA 103 Q23 South Yorkshire SHA 402 Q24 Trent SHA 139 Q25 Leicestershire, Northamptonshire and Rutland SHA 86 Q26 Shropshire and Staffordshire SHA 93 Q27 Brimingham and the Black Country SHA 189 Q28 Coventry, Warwickshire, Herefordshire and Worcestershire SHA 103 Note:
Medical staff figures do not include staff employed by other organisations, even when they work in the SHA.
Sources:
Department of Health medical and dental workforce census.Department of Health Non-Medical Workforce Census.