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Mr. Ainger
To ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many medical and nursing staff were working in occupational health within the national health service in each of the last three years for which figures are available; and if he will list the grades of those employees.[5428]
Mr. Richards
Information on nursing staff working in occupational health is not available centrally. Information on the whole-time equivalent number of medical staff whose main specialty was occupational health is given in the table.
| Staff in post at 30 September | |||
| Grade | 1992 | 1993 | 1994 |
| Consultant | 2.9 | 4.1 | 4.5 |
| Senior registrar | — | 1.0 | — |
| Hospital practitioner | — | 0.2 | 0.2 |
| Clinical assistant | 1.5 | 1.6 | 1.1 |