asked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many people have been employed in the hospital and community health centres of the National Health Service for the years 1973–74, 1974–75, 1975–76, 1976–77, and 1977–78; of these, in each year how many are (a) administrative and clerical staff and (b) hospital medical staff; and if he will provide for the same year the totals and breakdowns in the same manner for the South-West Thames area health authority.
The information requested is given in the following tables:
| TABLE 1 | ||||||||
| NHS STAFF STATISTICS, 30 SEPTEMBER | ||||||||
| ENGLAND | ||||||||
| Whole-time equivalents | ||||||||
| 1973 | 1974 | 1975 | 1976 | 1977 | 1978 | |||
| Hospital and Prime Health Care Service Staff*—Totalof which: | … | … | 656,684 | 664,609 | 708,878 | 735,730 | 739,469 | — |
| (a) Total Administrative and Clerical Staff† | … | … | 68,846 | 73,793 | 82,332 | 88,356 | 88,819 | — |
| (b) Total Medical and Dental Staff‡ | … | … | 29,570 | 30,105 | 31,796 | 32,664 | 33,492 | 36,599 |
| Hospital medical staff | … | … | 24,829 | 25,618 | 26,922 | 27,686 | 28,397 | 30,998 |
| Hospital dental staff | … | … | 742 | 789 | 838 | 853 | 895 | 980 |
| Community Health medical staff | … | … | 2,525 | 2,347 | 2,565 | 2,681 | 2,734 | 2,986 |
| Community Health dental staff | … | … | 1,474 | 1,351 | 1,471 | 1,444 | 1,466 | 1,635 |
| * Excludes Family Practitioner Committee practitioners, Dental Estimates Board Staff and Prescription Pricing Authority Stall. | ||||||||
| †Includes Family Practitioner Service administrative and clerical staff and support services managers but excludes ambulance officers. | ||||||||
| ‡Figures relating to hospital medical and dental staff exclude locums, hospital practitioner appointments and doctors holding paragraph 96 appointments and dentists holding paragraph 107 appointments under the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff. Figures relating to Community Health medical and dental staff include Local Authority staff for 1973. Figures from 1974 onwards exclude locum or temporary staff and occasional sessional staff for whom no wte was collected. | ||||||||
| TABLE 2 | ||||||||
| NHS STAFF STATISTICS, 30 SEPTEMBER | ||||||||
| SOUTH WEST THAMES REGIONAL HEALTH AUTHORITY | ||||||||
Whole-time equivalents
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1973§
| 1974
| 1975
| 1976
| 1977
| 1978
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| Hospital and Primary Health Care Service Staff*—Totalof which: | … | … | … | 44,235 | 47,340 | 49,096 | 48,551 | … |
| (a)Total Administrative and Clerical Staff† | … | … | … | 5,378 | 6,132 | 6,398 | 6,407 | … |
| (b)Total Medical and Dental Staffs‡ | … | … | … | 1,776 | 1,911 | 2,000 | 2,065 | … |
| Hospital medical staff | … | … | 1,288 | 1,502 | 1,611 | 1,681 | 1,716 | … |
| Hospital dental staff | … | … | 14 | 58 | 63 | 56 | 68 | … |
| Community Health medical staff | … | … | … | 138 | 148 | 166 | 184 | … |
| Community Health dental staff | … | … | … | 78 | 89 | 97 | 97 | … |
* Excludes Family Practitioner Committee practitioners, Dental Estimates Board Staff and Prescription Pricing Authority Staff. | ||||||||
| † Includes Family Practitioner Service administrative and clerical staff and support services managers but excludes ambulance officers. | ||||||||
| ‡Figures relating to hospital medical and dental staff exclude locums, hospital practitioner appointments and doctors holding paragraph 96 appointments and dentists holding paragraph 107 appointments under the Terms and Conditions of Service of Hospital Medical and Dental Staff. Figures relating to Community Health medical and dental staff include Local Authority staff for 1973. Figures from 1974 onwards exclude locum or temporary staff and occasional sessional staff for whom no wte was collected. | ||||||||
| §Figures relate to the South West Metropolitan Regional Hospital Board and are not directly comparable with figures for later years | ||||||||