HC Deb 20 July 1993 vol 229 cc116-7W
Ms Primarolo

To ask the Secretary of State for Health how many qualified nurses, unqualified nurses and midwives there were in special care baby units in each of the last five years.

Mr. Sackville

The information is shown in the table.

1991–92 '000s 1992–93 '000s
North West Thames 82 75
North East Thames 104 108
South East Thames 80 106
South West Thames 76 88
Wessex 80 106
Oxford 54 54
South Western 105 102
West Midlands 114 132
Mersey 80 68
North Western 116 121
England1 1,251 1,353
1 Figues may not add to England due to rounding.