Written question asked by Lembit Opik (Liberal Democrat) on Friday, 24 July 1998, in the House of Commons. It was due for an answer on Friday, 31 July 1998. It was answered by Ron Davies (Labour) on Friday, 31 July 1998 on behalf of the Welsh Office.

Welsh Office

Question: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of (a) NHS clerical, administrative and management staff, (b) NHS hospital doctors and general practitioners and (c) NHS nurses and midwives in each year since 1995. - Table given.

Answer: Mr. Opik: To ask the Secretary of State for Wales what was the total number of (a) NHS clerical, administrative and management staff, (b) NHS hospital doctors and general practitioners and (c) NHS nurses and midwives in each year since 1995. [53292] Mr. Ron Davies: The information is given in the table: Thousands _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Staff in post at 30 September 1995 1996 1997 (whole-time equivalent): Administration and clerical{1} -- 9.7 9.7 Hospital doctors 3.0 3.1 3.2 Nursing, midwifery and health 23.3 23.5 23.4 visiting{1} Staff in post at 1 October (Numbers): General Medical Practitioners{2} 1,719 1,736 1,753 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} The system used to classify directly employed non-medical NHS staff changed during 1995, moving from groups which were based on payscales to groups which are based on new occupation codes. Data for 1996 onwards are for the new occupation groups and are from NHS personnel systems. Data prior to 1996 are based on numbers from the NHS payroll system; the allocation of these to the new occupation groups have been estimated. As the data shown for administration and clerical is a sub set of the full group, "Administration and estates staff", a reliable figure cannot be given for 1995 {2} Unrestricted principals

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