§ Ms PrimaroloTo ask the Secretary of State for Health how many(a) consultant paediatricians, (b) specialist trained paediatric nurses and (c) hospital nurses have been employed in the Trent region in each of the last five years.
§ Dr. MawhinneyThe information is shown in the table.
Hospital nurses, qualified nurses in paediatric area of work and consultant paediatricians—Trent region at 30 September 1988 to 1992, excluding agency and locum staff Whole-time equivalents 1988 1989 1990 1991 1992 Consultant paediatrics/ paediatric neurology 60 60 60 70 70 Qualified paediatric nursing staff 840 910 960 1,020 1,020 Hospital nurses 31,930 31,900 31,910 31,660 29,530 Project 2000 — — — — 1,090 Community nurses 4,210 4,150 4,140 4,190 4,160 Hospital midwives 1,650 1,650 1,710 1,630 1,600 Notes
1. All figures are rounded to the nearest 10.
2. Qualified paediatric nursing staff include some who may not be registered RSCNs.
3. Project 2000 nursing statistics supplied by Trent RHA.
4. Community nursing staff includes those in primary health care—such as health visiting, district nursing, school nursing etc—and community midwives.