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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 | ||