§ Dr. StrangTo ask the Secretary of State for Health if she will make a statement on the results of the anonymised screening programme for HIV.
§ Mr. SackvilleSome preliminary results, relating to genitourinary and ante-natal clinic attenders in England and Wales, were published in May 1991. Further details, including results for injecting drug misusers, were published in the public health laboratory service communicable disease report in June 1991. The ante-natal clinic results were updated in November 1991. The studies
Nurses and Midwives—Entrants to Training Region Year ending March 1990 Nurses Midwives Year ending March 1991 Nurses Midwives Year ending March 1992 Nurses Midwives Northern 1,284 144 1,315 136 1,310 120 Yorkshire 1,492 198 1,631 204 1,880 130 Trent 1,888 248 2,058 207 1,880 200 East Anglian 715 101 687 86 810 90 North West Thames 1,459 208 1,535 230 1,890 220 North East Thames 2,582 220 2,337 204 2,880 200 South East Thames 1,886 237 1,900 244 1,810 210 South West Thames 1,193 148 1,292 142 1,320 100 Wessex 1,250 190 1,238 181 1,400 160 Oxford 798 103 773 120 1,040 130 South Western 1,315 157 1,251 146 1,380 140 West Midlands 2,102 315 2,313 276 2,300 310 Mersey 1,116 121 1,100 133 1,220 100 North Western 1,805 205 1,775 187 2,300 190 ENGLAND 20,885 2,595 21,205 2,496 23,420 2,300 Data from: English National Board for Nursing, Midwifery and Health Visiting.
Notes: 1991–92 figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
1. The numbers of nursing and midwifery training places commissioned for 1992 and 1993 for staff to commence training programmes is taken from the Working Paper 10 Regional Balance Sheets dated 15 October 1992.
2. Figures do not include nurses and midwives who are being funded by the Department for Education.
3. Regional figures for commissioned places in 1993 are still being refined. However, we are able to provide an estimated aggregate figure for England from data available to date.
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Nurses and midwives—training commissions Working Paper 10 figures Region Year ending March 1993 Nurses Midwives Year ending March 1994 Nurses Midwives Northern 1,059 145 Yorkshire 1,436 137 Trent 1,505 219 East Anglian 495 92 North West Region 1,210 155 North East Thames 2,116 237 South East Thames 1,549 303 South West Thames 964 62 Wessex 1,028 167 Oxford 727 96 South Western 913 116 West Midlands 1,332 485 Mersey 724 70 North Western 1,488 196 England 16,546 2,480 14,275 1,945 been expanded and it is intended to publish further results in the near future. I will consider carefully the implication of these for the development of our HIV and AIDS strategy.