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Section K: Health Service Employment Statistics 251TABLE K1ANUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1 AT 31 DECEMBER 2006(ALL FIGURES ARE EXPRESSED AS WHOLETIME EQUIVALENTS)HSE AreaMedical/DentalHealth andSocial CareNursing ProfessionalsManagement/admin 2GeneralSupportStaffOtherPatientandClientCareTotalDublin Mid-Leinster 2,469 10,768 5,553 5,552 3,678 6,024 34,045Dublin North-East 1,799 7,683 3,018 3,636 2,660 2,787 21,583South 1,684 8,941 3,124 3,670 3,694 3,131 24,245West 1,760 9,346 3,218 4,403 2,877 4,796 26,400Total 7,712 36,737 14,913 17,262 12,910 16,739 106,273TABLE K1BNUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1 AT 31 DECEMBER 2007 3(ALL FIGURES ARE EXPRESSED AS WHOLETIME EQUIVALENTS)HSE AreaMedical/DentalNursingHealth andSocial CareProfessionalsManagement/admin 2GeneralSupportStaffOtherPatientandClientCareTotalNational 27 13 5 905 55 2 1,007Dublin Mid-Leinster 2,528 11,149 5,346 5,084 3,547 5,665 33,320Dublin North-East 1,884 8,494 3,701 3,872 2,821 3,560 24,332South 1,740 9,398 3,313 3,708 3,608 3,483 25,250West 1,826 9,952 3,340 4,475 2,868 5,135 27,596Total 8,005 39,006 15,705 18,043 12,900 17,846 111,505Note 1 : Excludes Home HelpsNote 2 : Management/ Administrative includes staff who are of direct service to the public and include Consultant's Secretaries,Out-Patient Departmental Personnel, Medical Records Personnel, Telephonists and other staff who are engaged in front-lineduties together with staff in the following categories: Payroll, Human Resource Management (including training), ServiceManagers, IT Staff, General Management Support and Legislative and Information requirements.Note 3 : Student nurses are included in the 2007 employment ceiling on the basis of 3.5 students equating to 1 wholetimeequivalent. The employment level adjusted for student nurses on the above basis is 110,664 wholetime equivalents.Source: Health Service Personnel Census at 31 December

Section K: Health Service Employment Statistics 253TABLE K2ANUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1 AT 31 DECEMBER 2006(ALL FIGURES ARE EXPRESSED AS WHOLETIME EQUIVALENTS)Grade CategoryNationalHospitalsOfficePrimaryCommunity &ContinuingCareCorporatePopulationHealthTotalMedical/Dental 5,801 (11.3%) 1,794 (3.5%) 24 (0.8%) 92 (17.6%) 7,710Nursing 20,032 (39.0%) 16,581 (32.2%) 119 (4.0%) 12 (2.3%) 36,745Health and Social Care Professionals 5,971 (11.6%) 8,856 (17.2%) 39 (1.3%) 63 (12.0%) 14,929Management/ Administrative 2 7,943 (15.5%) 6,654 (12.9%) 2,347 (78.5%) 311 (59.3%) 17,254General Support Staff 6,981 (13.6%) 5,449 (10.6%) 445 (14.9%) 1 (0.2%) 12,877Other Patient and Client Care 4,581 (8.9%) 12,115 (23.5%) 15 (0.5%) 46 (8.7%) 16,757Total 51,309 51,449 2,988 524 106,272TABLE K2BNUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE 1 AT 31 DECEMBER 2007 3,4(ALL FIGURES ARE EXPRESSED AS WHOLETIME EQUIVALENTS)Grade CategoryNationalHospitalsOfficePrimaryCommunity &ContinuingCareCorporatePopulationHealthTotalMedical/Dental 6,049 (11.3%) 1,821 (3.4%) 35 (1.0%) 102 (19.2%) 8,007Nursing 21,481 (40.0%) 17,353 (32.3%) 161 (4.6%) 14 (2.7%) 39,009Health and Social Care Professionals 6,257 (11.6%) 9,333 (17.4%) 54 (1.6%) 61 (11.5%) 15,706Management/ Administrative 2 8,141 (15.2%) 6,822 (12.7%) 2,782 (80.0%) 310 (58.1%) 18,055General Support Staff 7,131 (13.3%) 5,338 (9.9%) 431 (12.4%) 1 (0.2%) 12,901Other Patient and Client Care 4,667 (8.7%) 13,102 (24.4%) 14 (0.4%) 44 (8.3%) 17,827Total 53,726 53,769 3,477 533 111,505Note: Minor differences between published grade category in tables K1 A/B and the above tables are attributable toclassification and mapping issues together with small numbers of staff in cross functional working arrangements.Note 1 : excludes Home HelpsNote 2 : Management/ Administrative includes staff who are of direct service to the public and include Consultant's Secretaries,Out-Patient Departmental Personnel, Medical Records Personnel, Telephonists and other staff who are engaged in frontlineduties together with staff in the following categories: Payroll, Human Resource Management (including training),Service Managers, IT Staff, General Management Support and Legislative and Information requirements.Note 3 : The methodology under which employment figures are compiled changed during the course of 2007 with the addition ofcirca 4,000 wte not previously included in subsumed agencies such as the Health Service Executive-EA (HSEA), thePrimary Care Reimbursement Service (GMSPB), Health Boards Executive (HeBe) and the Office for Health Management(now part of the HR function) together with many other posts in projects or post previously excluded such asHRBS/PPARS and Value-for-Money posts (all of which are largely in the Management/Administrative stream) togetherwith the inclusion of student nurses and chaplains. This change was undertaken to represent health service employmenton a like-for-like basis with employment ceilings and to more accurately represent a reconfigured health service’semployment information.Note 4 : Student nurses are included in the 2007 employment ceiling on the basis of 3.5 students equating to 1 wholetimeequivalent. The employment level adjusted for student nurses on the above basis is 110,664 wteSource: Health Service Personnel Census at 31 December

254Section K: Health Service Employment StatisticsFIGURE K2WHOLETIME EQUIVALENT NUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICES AT 31DECEMBER 1997-2007120000 120,000100000 100,00080000 80,00060000 60,00040000 40,00020000 20,00001997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007YearManagement Administration Medical/Dental/Nursing Health Support Services/And Social Care ProfessionalsMaintenance/TechnicalSource: Health Services Personnel Census, Department of Health and Children 1997-2004, HSE 2005-2007FIGURE K3NUMBERS EMPLOYED IN THE PUBLIC HEALTH SERVICE, 2005-200740000 40,00035000 35,00030000 30,00025000 25,00020000 20,00015000 15,00010000 10,0005000 5,0000Medical/ Nursing Health Management/ General Other PatientDental and Social Administrative Support and ClientCare Staff CareProfessionalsGrade Category2005 2006 2007Source: Health Service Personnel Census

Section K: Health Service Employment Statistics 255TABLE K3STAFFING BY EMPLOYMENT CONTRACT TYPE - 31ST DECEMBER 2004, 2005, 2006, 2007 1Total (excluding Home Helps)as a percentage of the totalContract Type 2004 2005 2006 2007 2004 2005 2006 2007Permanent 62,515 65,329 67,605 70,140 63% 64% 64% 63%Job-Sharing 4,702 4,043 3,532 3,485 5% 4% 3% 3%Temporary 13,770 13,508 15,509 16,197 14% 13% 15% 15%Locum 3,173 3,420 3,461 3,691 3% 3% 3% 3%Part-Time 8,853 9,439 10,630 12,587 9% 9% 10% 11%Sessional 1,176 1,099 1,325 822 1% 1% 1% 1%Training 4,534 5,141 4,211 4,582 5% 5% 4% 4%Total 98,723 101,978 106,273 111,505 100% 100% 100% 100%Note 1 : Student nurses are included in the 2007 employment ceiling on the basis of 3.5 students equating to 1 wholetimeequivalent. The employment level adjusted for student nurses on the above basis is 110,664 wteAll figures are expressed as wholetime equivalentsSource: Health Service Personnel CensusTABLE K4HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS: NUMBER OF POSTS AND NUMBER PRACTISING BY HSE AREA -31ST DECEMBER 2005, 2006, 2007HSE Area Number of Posts Number of Posts Filled on Number Practising pera Permanent Basis 10,000 Population*2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007Dublin Mid-Leinster n/a 658 696 n/a 574 588 n/a 4.7 4.8Dublin North-East n/a 503 521 n/a 438 463 n/a 4.7 5.0West n/a 441 452 n/a 373 385 n/a 3.7 3.8South n/a 417 475 n/a 357 392 n/a 3.3 3.6National 1,947 2,019 2,144 1,629 1,742 1,828 3.8 4.1 4.3n/a: Not Available* Rates are based on CSO 2006 Census of PopulationSource: HSE Consultant Appointments Unit

256Section K: Health Service Employment StatisticsFIGURE K4HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS: NUMBER OF POSTS AND NUMBER OF PERMANENTLYFILLED POSTS, 1994-2007250020001500100050001994 1995 1996 1997 1998 1999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007YearNumber of postsNumber of permanently filled postsSource: Comhairle na nOspideal 1994-2004,HSE Consultant Appointments Unit 2005-2007TABLE K5HOSPITAL CONSULTANTS: NUMBER BY SPECIALTY 31ST DECEMBER 2005, 2006, 2007No. of posts filledNumber of Posts on permanent basis Number of VacanciesSpecialty 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007Accident & Emergency 52 52 52 44 46 47 8 6 5Anaesthetics 287 297 310 252 257 271 35 40 39Medicine 378 401 428 312 354 369 66 47 59Obstetrics/Gynaecology104 105 116 91 94 99 13 11 17Paediatrics 108 115 122 86 99 109 22 16 13Pathology 176 184 195 149 156 164 27 28 31Psychiatry 295 308 339 235 253 260 60 55 79Radiology 183 186 199 154 160 172 29 26 27Surgery 364 371 383 306 323 337 58 48 46Total 1,947 2,019 2,144 1,629 1,742 1,828 318 277 316Source: HSE Consultant Appointments Unit

258Section K: Health Service Employment StatisticsTABLE K7NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE AND GENERALPRACTITIONERS, PHARMACISTS, DENTISTS AND OPTOMETRISTS FOR THE PROVISION OFSERVICES UNDER THE PRIMARY CARE REIMBURSEMENT SERVICEHealth Service Doctors Pharmacists Dentists OptometristsExecutive2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007 2005 2006 2007East Coast Area 212 213 216 126 135 140 102 103 88 45 45 38South Western Area 303 301 302 196 210 214 205 189 168 78 85 71Northern Area 242 256 253 163 172 180 154 148 112 42 45 45Midland 126 135 146 82 86 94 68 71 68 43 45 46Mid-Western 214 218 222 137 146 146 102 114 115 42 44 40North Eastern 162 164 167 126 136 146 103 112 91 50 56 56North Western 134 137 141 79 88 95 64 63 60 30 31 32South Eastern 222 225 232 151 165 170 132 129 102 53 54 62Southern 389 409 410 227 238 241 304 311 296 79 74 68Western 253 257 258 143 154 161 160 174 143 69 73 66National 2257 2315 2347 1430 1530 1587 1394 1414 1243 531 552 524Notes:(i)(ii)(iii)(iv)(v)Where Doctors have panels numbers drawn from more than one HSE Area, the Area wherein the majority of suchpersons reside is deemed to be the Doctors HSE Area.239 in 2005 (220 in 2006 and 218 in 2007) GPs who do not have agreements under the GMS Scheme and who provideservices under the Primary Childhood ImmunisationScheme, the Health (Amendment) Act 1996,Heartwatch, Pallative Care and the Methadone Treatment Scheme areincluded in the above.198 in 2005 (201 in 2006 and 202 in 2007) dentists who are employees of the Health Service Executive and who provideservices under the Dental Treatment Services Scheme are included above.11 in 2005 (12 in 2006 and 2007) pharmacies who do not hold GMS agreements and who were registered as providingnon GMS Schemes at year-end are included above.Above figures relate to the position as at 31st December.Source: Primary Care Reimbursement Service, HSE

Section K: Health Service Employment Statistics 259FIGURE K6NUMBER OF AGREEMENTS BETWEEN THE HEALTH SERVICE EXECUTIVE AND GENERALPRACTITIONERS, PHARMACISTS, DENTISTS AND OPTOMETRISTS FOR THE PROVISION OFSERVICES UNDER THE PRIMARY CARE REIMBURSEMENT SERVICE, 1999-2007*25002000Number of agreements150010001000500500001999 2000 2001 2002 2003 2004 2005 2006 2007YearDoctorsPharmacistsDentistsOptometristsSource: Primary Care Reimbursement Service, HSE* General Medical Services Payments Board up to 2004

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