Vol. 566 No. 1
432 Mr. Ring asked the Minister for Health and Children the amount of money on a percentage basis that is spent on administration costs in each of the health board areas; and the amounts spent on the provision of hospital beds, nurses, doctors and the actual treatment of people. [11594/03]
The detailed analysis by health board that the Deputy requests is not immediately available. My Department will arrange to forward this analysis to the Deputy as soon as it becomes available. However, costs of administration across boards-authority is typically between 4% to 5% of the overall payroll costs. The range of staffing grades covered by this heading is significant and as one would expect includes staff who directly contribute, as frontline administrative staff, to the provision of patient services across a wide range of disciplines from consultants' secretaries to ward clerks to community services clerks etc. The heading "Management Admin Other" includes staff who work on accounts, payroll, personnel etc.
Again the amount and percentage of money spent on other grades mentioned by the Deputy nurses, doctors amount to approximately 36% and 16%, respectively, of payroll costs. It is not possible to determine the spending on hospital beds or patients in isolation of the pay cost of staffing, given the fact that 70% approximately of health overall spending is on pay, with 30% on non-pay issues.
The table gives an overall picture of the spending on pay across grades from 2002 details. The category direct patient care covers staff employed as attendants, nurses aides, house parents etc.
|
Grade Category |
Total Current Cost of Employment€m |
As a Percentage of Total |
|
% |
||
|
Direct Patient Care |
602 |
13.46 |
|
Health and Social Care Professionals |
561 |
12.55 |
|
Maintenance Technical |
59 |
1.32 |
|
Management Administration Frontline |
354 |
7.92 |
|
Management Administration Other |
199 |
4.45 |
|
Medical Dental |
724 |
16.20 |
|
Nursing |
1,602 |
35.83 |
|
Support |
370 |
8.27 |
|
Total |
4,471 |
