Prisons: Health Services

Lady Hermon
To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many health care workers were employed at each prison establishment in Northern Ireland in each of the last six years, broken down by type.

Paul Goggins
Two types of Prison Service staff provide health care functions. Nurse officers who were recruited directly as health care professionals, and health care officers who are discipline prison officers with additional training and specialise in the health care function. Agency staff are used to address shortfalls in staffing levels, but these are not included in the number of staff in post.

The information requested is outlined in the following tables.

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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|1            |0         |1|2|
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|Senior officer   |6            |1         |1|8|
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|Officer          |50           |12        |8|70|
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|Pharmacy officer |0            |0         |0|0|
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|Total            |57           |13        |10|80|
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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|1            |0         |1|2|
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|Senior officer   |7            |1         |0|8|
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|Officer          |44.5         |12        |9|65.5|
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|Pharmacy officer |1            |0         |0|1|
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|Total            |53.5         |13        |10|76.5|
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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|1            |0         |0|1|
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|Senior officer   |4            |1         |1|6|
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|Officer          |40.5         |13        |8|61.5|
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|Pharmacy officer |1            |0         |0|1|
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|Total            |46.5         |14        |9|69.5|
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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|1            |0         |0|1|
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|Senior officer   |4            |1         |1|6|
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|Officer          |36           |12.5      |10|58.5|
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|Pharmacy officer |1            |0         |0|1|
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|Total            |42           |13.5      |11|66.5|
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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|1            |L         |0|1|
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|Senior officer   |4            |1         |1|6|
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|Officer          |43           |14        |13|70|
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|Pharmacy officer |1            |0         |0|1|
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|Total            |49           |15        |14|78|
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|                 |Establishment|          |
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|Grade            |Maghaberry   |Magilligan|Hydebank|Total|
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|Principal officer|0            |0         |0|0|
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|Senior officer   |4            |1         |1|6|
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|Officer          |41.5         |13        |13|67.5|
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|Pharmacy officer |1            |0         |0|1|
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|Total            |46.5         |14        |14|74.5|
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