§ Mr. Robin CookTo ask the Secretary of State for Social Services (1) if he will publish a table showing(a) the establishment figures, (b) the funded establishment figures and (c) the in-post figures of each regional health authority in England for the following nursing grades : regional nursing officer 1 and 2, regional nurse 1 and 2, district nursng officer grades 1 to 7, director of nursing service grades 1 + to 6, senior nurse grades 1 + to 8, sister I; sister II, health visitor, deputy nursing sister, staff nurse, senior enrolled nurse, enrolled nurse and nursing auxiliary/assistant; and if he will publish, for each grade category, the number of employees in full-time posts, the number of part-time employees and the whole-time equivalent of those part-time employees;
(2) if he will publish a table showing (a) the establishment figures; (b) the funded establishment figures and (c) the in-post figures of each special health authority in England for the top nursing posts and each nursing grade below that; and if he will publish, for each 189W grade category, the number of employees in full-time posts, the number of part-time employees and the whole-time equivalents of those part-time employees.
§ Mr. Tony Newton[holding answer 30 March 1988]: I regret that information on establishments is not collected
Nursing and Midwifery staff by specified grades1 (including agency) within regional health authorities and special health authorities at 30 September 1986 Whole-time equivalent2 Northern Yorkshire Trent East Anglia North West Thames North East Thames South East Thames South West Thames Wessex Oxford South Western West Midlands Mersey North Western London post graduate special health authorities England Regional Nursing Officer 1 and 2 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 — 1 1 1 1 1 — 12 Regional Nurse 1 and 2 3 2 1 1 3 2 4 2 2 1 2 4 3 1 — 31 District Nursing Officer 1 to 7 10 13 10 6 10 17 15 9 5 8 6 18 8 12 1 148 Director of Nursing services 1 to 63 56 78 74 35 74 78 61 62 58 47 34 105 51 92 19 924 Senior Nurse Grade 1 to 8 621 635 773 327 733 822 801 643 501 447 499 865 411 858 145 9,079 Sister I 48 95 51 42 136 109 53 52 97 36 114 127 64 62 19 1,102 Sister II 4,088 4,666 5,610 2,251 4,298 4,909 4,629 3,786 3,321 2,723 3,808 6,910 3,639 6,593 609 61.838 Health Visitor4 615 658 868 332 649 621 729 543 553 487 600 942 444 1,030 9,070 Deputy Nursing Sister 202 279 385 116 207 311 276 136 147 183 191 431 252 330 7 3,452 Staff Nurse; Senior Enrolled Nurse 5,764 5,985 7,419 3,467 7,047 7,783 7,302 5,652 5,162 4,078 6,020 7,764 3,758 7,181 1,963 86,343 Enrolled Nurse 5,613 5,87.3 7,034 2,603 4,762 5,930 5,339 3,850 3,381 2,498 4,487 7,624 4,596 6,972 955 71,515 Nursing Auxiliary/Assistant 5,776 6,682 8.924 3,856 5,214 6,104 5,902 5,508 6,418 3,926 7,210 9,992 5,456 8,503 459 89,928 Total of above 22,797 24,966 31,148 13,036 23,135 26,685 25,110 20,244 19,645 14,434 22,971 34,782 18,680 31,634 4,177 333,443 Others5 4,591 5,326 5,975 2,558 5,538 7,650 5,259 4,108 3,416 2,512 4,005 7,734 36,48 6,221 707 69,248 Grand Total 27,388 30,292 37,122 15,593 28,672 34,336 30,369 24,352 23,061 16,946 26,976 42,516 22,328 37,855 4,883 402,690 Source: DHSS(SR7) Annual census of NHS Non-Medical Manpower. 1 Identified as staff paid on the appropriate payscales. Some staff may therefore be paid on a particular payscale but are not necessarily working in a post indicated by that payscale. There might be small discrepancies between these figures and similar ones given previously. 2 Figures are independently rounded to nearest whole time equivalent. 3 Includes top nursing posts in Special Health Authorities. 4 Includes all staff paid on Health Visitor payscale, in the Community and School Health Services. 5 Includes all Tutorial staff, all student and pupil nurses, nursing cadets, nursery nurses, nursing staff employed in day nurseries and a small number of senior nursing staff in obsolete grades.