§ Mr. Meacherasked the Secretary of State for Social Services how many midwives are currently employed in each district health authority area, and how far short this is of full establishment in each area.
§ Mr. Newton[pursuant to his reply, 10 December 1986, c. 217]: The number of midwives (including midwifery students) in whole-time equivalent terms employed in each district health authority at 30 September 1985 (the latest date for which such detail is available) is given in the table.
Information on establishments is not collected centrally. However, I am aware of the results of a survey of a sample of health authorities in England conducted for the review body for nursing staff, midwifery and health visitors which showed that at 31 March 1985 only about 3 per cent. of whole-time equivalent funded posts for qualified midwives remained vacant for over three months, compared with the average of 2.5 per cent. for all nursing and midwifery staff.
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Midwifery staff (excluding agency staff) in post at 30 September 1985—Whole time equivalents District Health Authorities Numbers Wessex Regional Health Authority East Dorset 150 West Dorset 70 Portsmouth and South East Hampshire 250 Southampton and South West Hampshire 240 Winchester 110 Basingstoke and North Hampshire 90 Salisbury 70 Swindon 140 Bath 170 Isle of Wight 60 Total 1,330 Oxford Regional Health Authority East Berkshire 190 West Berkshire 200 Aylesbury Vale 50 Wycombe 140 Milton Keynes 80 Kettering 120 Northampton 170 Oxfordshire 240 Total 1,200 South Western Regional Health Authority Bristol and Weston 180 Frenchay 20 Southmead 180 Cornwall and Isles of Scilly 140 Exeter 110 North Devon 40 Plymouth 200 Torbay 60 Cheltenham 90 Gloucester 130 Somerset 150 Total 1,290 West Midland Regional Health Authority Bromsgrove and Redditch 60 Herefordshire 50 Kidderminster and District 30 Worcester and District 100 Shropshire 150 Mid-Staffordshire 90 North Staffordshire 240
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District Health Authorities Numbers South East Staffordshire 90 Rugby 40 North Warwickshire 120 South Warwickshire 80 Central Birmingham 250 East Birmingham 20 North Birmingham 160 South Birmingham 110 West Birmingham 140 Coventry 180 Dudley 110 Sandwell 70 Solihull 190 Walsall 130 Wolverhampton 180 Total 2,570 Northern Regional Health Authority Hartlepool 50 North Tees 100 South Tees 160 East Cumbria 70 South Cumbria 50 West Cumbria 80 Darlington 70 Durham 90 North West Durham 40 South West Durham 80 Northumberland 120 Gateshead 70 Nevtcastle-upon-Tyne 230 North Tyneside 60 South Tyneside 60 Sunderland 180 Total 1,500 Yorkshire Regional Health Authority Hull 120 East Yorkshire 60 Grimsby 90 Scunthorpe 60 Northallerton 20 York 120 Scarborough 40 Harrogate 60 Bradford 220 Airedale 90 Calderdale 110 Huddersfield 100 Dewsbury 110 Leeds Western 160 Leeds Eastern 210 Wakefield 110 Pontefract 120 Total 1,810 Trent Regional Health Authority North Derbyshire 130 South Derbyshire 170 Leicestershire 380 North Lincolnshire 100 South Lincolnshire 130 Bassetlaw 30 Central Nottinghamshire 160 Nottingham 360 Barnsley 100 Doncaster 150 Rotherham 120 Sheffield 320 Total 2,160 East Anglian Regional Health Authority Cambridge 160
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District Health Authorities Numbers Peterborough 120 East Suffolk 110 West Suffolk 150 Norwich 240 Great Yarmouth and Waveney 50 West Norfolk and Wisbech 80 Huntingdon 50 Total 950 North West Thames Regional Health Authority North Bedfordshire 130 South Bedfordshire 140 North Hertfordshire 100 East Hertfordshire 90 North West Hertfordshire 110 South West Hertfordshire 80 Barnet 140 Harrow 130 Hillingdon 70 Hounslow and Spelthorne 140 Ealing 90 Brent 50 Paddington and North Kensington 110 Hammersmith and Fulham 50 Victoria 60 Total 1,470 North East Thames Regional Health Authority Basildon and Thurrock 140 Mid Essex 100 North East Essex 120 West Essex 120 Southend 110 Barking/Havering/Brentwood 170 Hampstead 50 Bloomsbury 70 Islington 140 City and Hackney 160 Newham 90 Tower Hamlets 100 Enfield 110 Haringey 90 Redbridge 140 Waltham Forest 130 Total 1,830 South East Thames Regional Health Authority Brighton 70 Eastbourne 60 Hastings 80 South East Kent 100 Canterbury and Thanet 110 Dartford and Gravesham 100 Maidstone 60 Medway 200 Tunbridge Wells 120 Bexley 130 Greenwich 140 Bromley 160 West Lambeth 110 Camberwell 130 Lewisham and North Southwark 140 Total 1,700 South West Thames Regional Health Authority North West Surrey 120 West Surrey and North East Hants 100 South West Surrey 60 Mid-Surrey 80 East Surrey 40 Chichester 60 Mid-Downs 120 Worthing 70
District Health Authorities Numbers Croydon 140 Kingston and Esher 100 Richmond, Twickenham and Roehampton 50 Wandsworth 160 Merton and Sutton 110 Total 1,200 Mersey Regional Health Authority Chester 140 Crewe 100 Halton 20 Macclesfield 60 Warrington 100 Liverpool 290 St. Helens with Knowsley 150 Sefton North 40 Sefton South 140 Wirral 180 Total 1,200 North Western Regional Health Authority Lancaster 70 Blackpool Wyre and Fylde 120 Preston 150 Blackburn, Hyndburn and Ribble Valley 150 Burnley, Pendle and Rossendale 160 West Lancashire 40 Chorley and South Ribble 40 Bolton 170 Bury 90 North Manchester 110 Central Manchester 170 South Manchester 170 Oldham 120 Rochdale 110 Salford (T) 170 Stockport 160 Tameside and Glossop 130 Trafford 70 Wigan 160 Total 2,390 Notes
(1) The figures shown include midwives both in the hospital and
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Estimated number of discharges and mean duration of stay (days) of National Health Service and private patients from National Health Service non-psychiatric and non-maternity hospitals, by specialty, England 1984 National Health Service Patients England Northern RHA Yorkshire RHA Trent RHA East Anglian RHA North West Thames RHA North East Thames RHA South East Thames RHA South West Thames RHA General medicine Estimated number 848,070 68,050 61,710 77,830 25,030 62,680 80,660 69,540 41,810 Mean duration of stay 10.2 10.2 10.3 8.3 8.9 11.8 12.5 10.8 10.7 Paediatrics Estimated number 303,600 22,100 21,760 25,820 9,010 24,760 23,570 25,770 14,190 Mean duration of stay 3.9 4.6 4.6 3.9 2.8 3.3 3.4 4.1 3.4 Infectious diseases Estimated number 23,620 740 4,880 2,320 370 610 4,310 2,280 1,840 Mean duration of stay 7.1 5.4 7.1 7.3 3.8 10.1 9.1 5.1 4.6 Diseases of the chest Estimated number 62,640 3,470 4,440 4,870 2,570 3,710 6,270 4,360 1,630 Mean duration of stay 11.8 9.2 14.1 11.7 9.4 10.8 12.2 11.9 10.3 Dermatology Estimated number 21,100 2,000 2,890 2,240 480 1,090 1,090 2,050 470 Mean duration of stay 19.9 14.9 18.3 16.9 23.3 18.4 21.3 19.6 19.6 community services and midwifery students.
(2) All figures are independently rounded to the nearest 10 whole time equivalents.
(3) District figures do not include staff in London Post-Graduate Special Health Authorities.