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Northern Ireland Office

Answer

Mr. William Ross: To ask the Secretary of State for Northern Ireland how many biological scientists are employed in each hospital in Northern Ireland; what are the qualifications required for such work; and what are the salary scales for such posts. [76884] Mr. McFall: Clinical Scientists are employed in pathology laboratories in the following Northern Ireland Health and Social Services Trusts: _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Number Belfast City Hospital 35 Green Park 1 Mater Infirmorum Hospital 2 Royal Group of Hospitals 26 Ulster Community and Hospitals 1 United Hospitals 2 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. The basic entry qualifications to the grade of Clinical Scientist is a First or Second Class Honours degree. There are three grades of Clinical Scientist, the salary scales of which are set out in the following table. Clinical scientists: Grades and spine points, effective 1 December 1998 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. Grade Spine points Salary £ A 01 13,290 02 13,822 03 14,375 04 14,949 05 15,546 06 16,169 07 16,817 08 17,486 B{1} 09 18,188 10 18,915 11 19,671 12 20,458 13 21,276 14 22,127 15 23,013 16 23,931 17 24,891 18 25,885 19 26,919 20 27,998 21 29,118 22 30,283 23 31,494 24 32,753 25 34,065 C 26 35,426 27 36,844 28 38,318 29 39,851 30 41,443 31 43,102 32 44,825 33 46,620 34 48,485 35 50,424 36 52,443 37 54,539 _________________________________________________________________________________________________. {1} Individual posts will be assigned a payscale of three consecutive points within the range 09 to 25 on the spine

Secondary information

Type

Written question

Reference

76884; 327 c846W;327 c845-6W

Session

1998-99

Subjects

Hospitals Qualifications Northern Ireland Pay Staff Scientists

Contains statistics

Yes