§ Mr. Alfred Morrisasked the Secretary of State for Social Services if he will circulate in the OFFICIAL REPORT details of the increase in nursing and midwifery staff at non-psychiatric hospitals and at hospitals for the mentally ill and the mentally sub-normal between 30th September, 1964, and 1968.
§ Mr. CrossmanThe information requested is given in the following table:
Nursing and midwifery staff (in terms of whole-time equivalents) at Type of hospital 30th September, 1964 30th September, 1968 Increase Per cent. Non-psychiatric 168,976 193,361 14 For the mentally ill 31,511 33,819 7 For the mentally sub-normal 11,879 14,114 19