§ Mr. Ieuan Wyn JonesTo ask the Secretary of State for Wales how many qualified NHS nurses and midwives, unqualified NHS nursing staff and nursing learners there
Nursing and midwifery staff in post (whole-time equivalents) as at 30 September1 Qualified Unqualified2 Learners3 Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total Number Percentage of total 1989 17,850 63.7 7,069 25.2 3,118 11.1 1990 17,986 64.0 7,031 25.0 3,075 10.9 1991 18,010 64.4 7,019 25.1 2,934 10.5 19924 18,096 66.0 7,355 26.8 1,970 7.2 19935 17,912 68.3 7,220 27.5 1,033 3.9 1Includes staff employed by the Welsh Health Common Services Authority. 2Staff paid as grade A, B or nursery staff. 3Since the autumn of 1991 student nurses have been reclassified as students and are no longer included in the NHS staff figures. Staff included here are students finishing courses begun before this date. However at 1 October 1993 there were about 1,900 Project 2000 nursing students in Wales. 4Excludes staff paid on local payscales whose staff group cannot be identified centrally. 5In addition there are 72 whole-time equivalent nursing staff for whom no grade details are known centrally. The percentage shown do not, therefore, add to 100 for 1993.