§ 40. Mr. Sorensenasked the Minister of Health if he will state the number of nurses, student nurses and part-time nurses in the London teaching hospitals, the average number of patients and the total number of beds available.
§ Mr. R. ThompsonAs the Answer involves a number of figures, I will with permission, circulate it in the OFFICIAL REPORT.
§ Following is the answer:
§ The figures at 31st March, 1959, the latest available, were as follows:
| Nursing Staff | Numbers |
| Trained nurses— | |
| whole-time | 4,097 |
| part-time | 357 |
| Student nurses—whole-time | 7,108 |
| Enrolled assistant nurses— | |
| whole-time | 233 |
| part-time | 64 |
| Pupil assistant nurses—whole-time | 35 |
| Other nursing staff— | |
| whole-time | 377 |
| part-time | 161 |
| Midwives— | |
| whole-time | 308 |
| part-time | 34 |
| Pupil midwives—whole-time | 273 |
| Total—whole-time | 12,431 |
| Total—part-time | 616 |
| Average number of beds occupied | 13,271 |
| Total number of beds available | 15,476 |