asked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will list in the Official Report the current pay scales of technicians employed in hospital or other laboratories of the National Health Service, giving each grade separately.
The agreed annual salary scales, effective from 1st April 1978, for qualified technicians employed in the National Health Service and coming with-in the purview of the professional and technical staffs "B" Whitley Council are as follows:
| £ | ||
| Dark Room Technician | Age 16 | 1,791 |
| 17 | 1,887 | |
| 18 | 2,082 | |
| 19 | 2,154 | |
| 20 | 2,229 | |
| 21 | 2,319 | |
| 22 | 2,403 | |
| 2,532 | ||
| 2,631 | ||
| 2,691 | ||
| Pharmacy technicians | 2,691 | |
| 2,805 | ||
| 2,922 | ||
| 3,039 | ||
| 3,159 | ||
| 3,285 | ||
| 3,411 | ||
| Senior pharmacy technicians | 3,270 | |
| 3,393 | ||
| 3,516 | ||
| 3,636 | ||
| 3,756 | ||
| 3,882 | ||
| 4,035 | ||
| Cardiographer | 2,286 | |
| 2,352 | ||
| 2,406 | ||
| 2,505 | ||
| 2,589 | ||
| 2,691 | ||
| 2,739 | ||
| 2,817 | ||
| 2,892 | ||
| 2,934 | ||
| Senior cardiographer | 2,916 | |
| 2,991 | ||
| 3,069 | ||
| 3.216 | ||
| 3,309 | ||
| 3,390 | ||
| Artificial kidney assistant | 2,691 | |
| 2,739 | ||
| 2,817 | ||
| 2,892 | ||
| 2,934 | ||
| 2,979 | ||
| Senior artificial kidney assistant | 3,069 | |
| 3,216 | ||
| 3,309 | ||
| 3,390 | ||
| 3,513 | ||
| 3,639 | ||
| Animal technician | 2,883 | |
| 2,949 | ||
| 3,021 | ||
| 3,102 | ||
| 3,192 | ||
| Senior animal technician | 3,063 | |
| 3,177 | ||
| 3,291 | ||
| 3,411 | ||
| 3,528 | ||
| 3,648 | ||
| 3,774 | ||
| Chief animal technician | 3,543 | |
| 3,663 | ||
| 3,780 | ||
| 3,897 | ||
| 4,020 | ||
| 4,140 | ||
| 4,263 | ||
| 4,386 |
| £ | |
| Post mortem room technician | 2,799 |
| 2,886 | |
*2,970 | |
| 3,066 | |
| 3,171 | |
| 3,279 | |
| 3,390 | |
| Senior post mortem room technician | 3,198 |
| 3,321 | |
| 3,444 | |
| 3,570 | |
| 3,696 | |
| 3,825 | |
| High senior post mortem room technician | 3,486 |
| 3,600 | |
| 3,717 | |
| 3,837 | |
| 3,957 | |
| 4,080 | |
*Bar Point | |
| Dental technician | 3,069 |
| 3,216 | |
| 3,309 | |
| 3,390 | |
| 3,513 | |
| 3,639 | |
| 3,756 | |
| 3,882 | |
| 4,005 | |
| 4,134 | |
| Senior dental technician/Maxillo-facial technician | 3,744 |
| 3,882 | |
| 4,023 | |
| 4,173 | |
| 4,323 | |
| 4,476 | |
| 4,632 | |
| 4,788 | |
| Chief I Dental technician | 4,470 |
| 4,605 | |
| 4,743 | |
| 4,881 | |
| 5,019 | |
| Chief II dental technician | 4,881 |
| 5,019 | |
| 5,163 | |
| 5,307 | |
| 5,412 | |
| 5,610 | |
| Medical photographer | 2,916 |
| 3,027 | |
| 3,147 | |
| 3,264 | |
| 3,381 | |
| 3,501 | |
| Senior I medical photographer | 3,357 |
| 3,486 | |
| 3,615 | |
| 3,741 | |
| 3,870 | |
| 3,999 | |
| 4,128 | |
| Senior II medical photographer | 3,771 |
| 3,906 | |
| 4,041 | |
| 4,176 | |
| 4,311 | |
| 4,446 | |
| 4,581 | |
| 4,716 |
| £ | |
| Chief medical photographer | 4,800 |
| 4,959 | |
| 5,115 | |
| 5,274 | |
| 5,433 | |
| Physiological measurement technician | 2,916 |
| 2,991 | |
| 3,069 | |
| 3,216 | |
| 3,309 | |
| 3,390 | |
| 3,513 | |
| 3,639 | |
| Senior physiological measurement technician | 3,513 |
| 3,639 | |
| 3,756 | |
| 3,882 | |
| 4,005 | |
| 4,134 | |
| 4,242 | |
| 4,353 | |
| Chief physiological measurement technician | 4,470 |
| 4,605 | |
| 4,743 | |
| 4,881 | |
| 5,019 | |
| 5,163 | |
| 5,307 | |
| 5,412 | |
| 5,610 | |
| Medical physics technician IV | 3,069 |
| 3,216 | |
| 3,309 | |
| 3,390 | |
| 3,513 | |
| 3,639 | |
| 3,756 | |
| 3,882 | |
| 4,005 | |
| 4,134 | |
| Medical physics technician III | 3,744 |
| 3.882 | |
| 4,023 | |
| 4,173 | |
| 4,323 | |
| 4,476 | |
| 4,632 | |
| 4,788 | |
| Medical physics technician II | 4,470 |
| 4,605 | |
| 4,743 | |
| 4,881 | |
| 5,019 | |
| 5,163 | |
| 5,307 | |
| 5,412 | |
| 5,610 | |
| Medical physics technician I | 5,433 |
| 5,574 | |
| 5,706 | |
| 5,898 | |
| 6,051 | |
| 6,222 | |
| Medical laboratory scientific officer | 3,261 |
| 3,366 | |
| 3,471 | |
| 3,582 | |
| 3,696 | |
| 3,813 |
| £ | |
| Medical laboratory scientific officer—cont. | 3,930 |
| 4,047 | |
| 4,167 | |
| 4,293 | |
| 4,419 | |
| 4,545 | |
| 4,680 | |
| Senior medical laboratory scientific officer | 4,347 |
| 4,485 | |
| 4,623 | |
| 4,764 | |
| 4,902 | |
| 5,040 | |
| 5,178 | |
| 5,322 | |
| 5,463 | |
| 5,613 | |
| 5,769 | |
| Chief medical laboratory scientific officer | 5,472 |
| 5,586 | |
| 5,697 | |
| 5,817 | |
| 5,937 | |
| 6,063 | |
| 6,192 | |
| Senior chief medical laboratory scientific officer | 6,063 |
| 6,213 | |
| 6,372 | |
| 6,543 | |
| 6,723 | |
| 6,909 | |
| 7,098 | |
| 7,311 | |
| Principal medical laboratory scientific officer | 7,311 |
| 7,671 | |
| 8,055 |