§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many nurses and midwives were employed in National Health Service hospitals in each year since 1978, expressed in terms of whole-time equivalents.
§ Mr. NewtonThe information requested is shown in the table. Figures for 30 September 1985 are the latest currently available to this level of detail.
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Hospital Nursing and Midwifery staff1 (including agency staff) England 30 September Whole-time equivalents2 1978 313,000 1979 >319,300 31980 >330,200 1981 347,700 1982 351,900 1983 350,500 1984 350,500 1985 352,500 SourceDHSS Annual Census of Non-Medical Manpower.
1Includes qualified, unqualified and learners.
1All figures are independently rounded to the nearest 100.
1During 1980, the standard working week for Nursing and Midwifery staff was reduced from 40 to 37½ hours. No adjustment has been made for the effects of this change.
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many doctors and dentists were employed in National Health Service hospitals in each year since 1978, expressed in terms of whole-time equivalents.
§ Mr. NewtonI refer my hon. Friend to the reply given him by my predecessor on 3 July 1986 at column632.
Provisional figures for 30 September 1986, in whole-time equivalents, are:—
Doctors 34,252 Dentists 1,064
§ Mr. Knoxasked the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) how many general practitioners worked in the National Health Service in each year since 1978;
(2) what was the average number of people registered with each doctor under the National Health Service in each year since 1978.
§ Mr. NewtonThe following is the information for unrestricted principal general medical practitioners in England:
Year Number of general practitioners Average number of patients 1978 21,040 2,312 1979 21,357 2,286 1980 21,812 2,247 1981 22,304 2,201 1982 22,786 2,155 1983 23,254 2,116 1984 23,640 2,089 1985 24,035 2,068 1986 124,460 2— 1Figure is provisional. 2No figure is yet available.