Select Committee on Health Written Evidence

APPENDIX 2

NHS Expenditure on Agency Staff

Percentage of NHS expenditure spent on agency staff
Staff category	1997-98	1998-99	1999-2000	2000-01	2001-02	2002-03	2003-04	2004-05
Medical	0.54	0.55	0.57	0.67	0.86	1.08	1.18	1.09
Dental	0.01	0.01	0	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.01	0.01
Nursing, midwifery and health visiting staff	1.34	1.59	1.93	2.12	2.41	2.42	1.84	1.33
Scientific, therapeutic and technical staff	0.43	0.55	0.6	0.72	0.85	0.9	0.86	0.7
Administrative and clerical	0.37	0.42	0.48	0.57	0.67	0.67	0.65	0.6
Healthcare assistants and other support staff	0.17	0.18	0.18	0.19	0.19	0.23	0.2	0.18
Maintenance and works staff	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.02	0.03	0.03	0.03	0.03
Ambulance staff	0	0	0	0	0	0	0	0
Other employees	0.1	0.11	0.11	0.12	0.14	0.3	0.26	0.27
Total	2.98	3.43	3.9	4.44	5.16	5.64	5.03	4.21

  Source: Hansard, 8 March 2006, Col 1618WA.

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Prepared 3 July 2006