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Health And Personal Social Services

Volume 405: debated on Thursday 15 May 2003

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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]

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 groupHeadcountWTE2
Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting19,27316,425.18
Social Services4,3914,037.64
Professional and Technical5,5984,949.91
Medical and Dental3,0722,781.22
Ambulance111774.38
Total33,11128,968.33
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 groupHeadcountWTE2
Admin and clerical11,58210,199.10
Works and maintenance554554.00
Ancillary and general7,2425,299.01
Total19,37816,052.11
1 Bank staff and home helps have been removed from these figures
2 Whole time equivalent