Dáil Éireann Debate, Thursday - 18 December 2014
343. Deputy Thomas P. Broughan asked the Minister for Health if he will provide a detailed breakdown of staff numbers employed at Beaumont Hospital, Dublin 9, for the years 2012, 2013 and to date in 2014, inclusive; and if he will make a statement on the matter. [48781/14]
View answerThe information sought by the Deputy is as follows in table format. All numbers stated refer to Whole Time Equivalents.
Beaumont Hospital - Staffing (wte)
|
+ |
31/12/2011 |
31/12/2012 |
31/12/2013 |
31/10/2014 |
|
TOTAL |
2953.82 |
2906.14 |
2912.06 |
3016.89 |
|
Advanced Nurse/ Midwife Practitioner |
5.3 |
6.3 |
6.1 |
5.3 |
|
Audiology |
2.5 |
2.5 |
2.5 |
3.5 |
|
Biochemists |
19 |
19 |
18.5 |
18.5 |
|
Catering |
38.24 |
37.83 |
37.15 |
36.31 |
|
Clinical Engineering |
5 |
5.5 |
5.8 |
6 |
|
Clinical Measurement |
24.3 |
23.8 |
27.8 |
31.41 |
|
Clinical Nurse/ Midwife Manager |
217.88 |
212.93 |
228.26 |
224.52 |
|
Clinical Nurse/ Midwife Specialist |
30.29 |
28.14 |
29.71 |
32.91 |
|
Consultant Anaesthesia |
22.39 |
22.56 |
20 |
20 |
|
Consultant Emergency Medicine |
3 |
4 |
4 |
4 |
|
Consultant Medicine |
41.21 |
41.96 |
46.47 |
47.56 |
|
Consultant Obstetrics & Gynaecology |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Consultant, Other |
2.56 |
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|
Consultant Pathology |
14.6 |
19.96 |
17.77 |
19.79 |
|
Consultant Psychiatry |
3.95 |
3.95 |
4.1 |
4.02 |
|
Consultant Radiology |
14.57 |
14.73 |
14.82 |
14.82 |
|
Consultant Surgery |
40.62 |
40.31 |
42.55 |
42.72 |
|
Dieticians |
19.84 |
19.25 |
21.31 |
20.15 |
|
Director |
5 |
5 |
4 |
4 |
|
Director Nursing/Midwifery, Assistant |
16.69 |
14.54 |
17.3 |
18.76 |
|
Director of Nursing/Midwifery |
1 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
General Administrative [III to VII] |
347.24 |
328.17 |
326.9 |
325.74 |
|
HCA, Nurses Aide, etc. |
144.06 |
155.51 |
163.84 |
154.53 |
|
Household Services |
133.3 |
128.34 |
126.45 |
120.25 |
|
HSCP Trainees/Students |
1 |
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|
Maintenance |
38 |
35 |
35 |
35 |
|
Medical Laboratory |
104.2 |
102.37 |
108.57 |
101.07 |
|
Middle Management |
112.98 |
123.45 |
122.02 |
131.95 |
|
NCHDs |
280.2 |
281.1 |
287.1 |
315.1 |
|
Nursing Bank |
91.76 |
91.75 |
54.45 |
15.75 |
|
Nursing Education/Clinical |
10 |
9.85 |
9.36 |
10.21 |
|
Occupational Therapists |
19.1 |
21.8 |
18.7 |
21.5 |
|
Orthoptists |
2 |
2 |
2.4 |
2 |
|
Other Care Grades |
9.06 |
7.01 |
7.08 |
7.4 |
|
Other H&SCP |
5.5 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
5.3 |
|
Other Labs & Associated |
20.48 |
21.34 |
24.24 |
25.04 |
|
Other Medical |
0.92 |
0.92 |
0.92 |
0.92 |
|
Other Nursing/ Midwifery |
7.5 |
5.5 |
6.5 |
8.5 |
|
Other Support |
90.74 |
90.31 |
86.55 |
88.48 |
|
Pharmacy |
31.2 |
33.17 |
33.17 |
35.97 |
|
Phlebotomists |
4 |
5.67 |
5.25 |
8.47 |
|
Physicists |
10.5 |
11.5 |
12.5 |
12.5 |
|
Physiotherapists |
46.1 |
45.3 |
45.4 |
52 |
|
Podiatrists & Chiropodists |
1 |
1 |
2.15 |
1.99 |
|
Portering |
89.63 |
86.79 |
82.61 |
78.03 |
|
Pre-registration Nurse Students |
+ |
+ |
+ |
31 |
|
Psychologists & Counsellors |
8.3 |
7.3 |
6.5 |
9 |
|
Radiographers |
60.1 |
53.9 |
60.5 |
59.5 |
|
Senior Management |
30.8 |
30.66 |
28.53 |
29.53 |
|
Social Workers |
23.8 |
23.7 |
27.6 |
27.62 |
|
Speech and Language Therapists |
13.1 |
16.3 |
16.4 |
17.3 |
|
Staff Nurse [Psychiatric] |
1.5 |
1 |
1 |
1 |
|
Staff Nurses [General/ Children's] |
681.81 |
651.08 |
650.13 |
719.97 |
|
Technical Services |
1 |
1 |
1 |
2 |
|
Therapy Aides/Assistants |
4 |
3.79 |
3.8 |
6 |
Since this Government began its current term of office in 2011 staff numbers have increased in Beaumont Hospital by 3% to 3,017 Whole Time Equivalents (WTEs). It should be noted that while numbers of Management/Admin staff during the same period decreased by 3.2%, (11.5% since the introduction of the moratorium on staff recruitment in March 2009) numbers of medical/dental staff increased significantly by 14%.
