§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) community psychiatric nurses, (b) health visitors, (c) community midwives, (d) practice nurses, (e) other community nurses and (f) general practitioners were employed by the NHS in inner London for each of the last five years for which figures are available.
§ Mr. SackvilleThe available information is shown in the tables. Figures for tables I and 2 are not directly comparable as district health authorities (DHAs) and family health services authorities (FHSAs) boundaries differ.
Table 1: Community psychiatric nurses, health visitors, community midwives, other community nurses, (whole-time equivalents) in inner London at 30 September, 1987–91 1987 1988 1989 1990 1991 Community Psychiatric Nurses 160 170 200 230 190 Health Visitors 440 640 660 720 720 Community Midwives 150 160 210 200 130 Other Community Nurses 720 640 860 880 810 Notes: (i) Date applicable to DHAs in "inner London" as defined in the Tomlinson report; collected from DHAs, and, for 1991, from DHAs and NHS Trusts. (ii) Figures for community psychiatric nurses, community midwives and "Other community nurses" in 1991 are affected by coding errors. The underlying figures should be broadly unchanged from 1990.
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Table 2: Unrestricted general practitioners, and practice nurses (whole-time equivalents), at 1 October, 1988–1992 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Unrestricted GPs 3,221.0 3,260.0 3,223.0 3,177.0 3,186.0 Practice nurses 316.5 446.9 897.7 928.3 996.2 Notes:(i) Data are for the 12 complete FHSAs which fall wholly or partly within the London initiative zone (LIZ) (ii) Figures for unrestricted GPs may have been affected by the introduction of statutory retirement at the age of 70, as from 1 April 1991.