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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